Example Sentences
Recent Examples of Synonyms for clanked
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Ulloa stood up and clinked his glass to quiet the group.
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Our buckteeth clinked painfully.
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Many people watching the game on TV were surprised, since replays seemed to suggest Freuler had been offside before being clattered by Abunada.
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There have been a dozen political crises in Britain in the past decade, when Prime Ministers have fallen, elections have been called, and helicopters clattered overhead.
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Sticks clacked in quick succession as passes moved up the ice.
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On the other side of a chain link fence, a women’s pickleball foursome click-clacked through a couple of sets, seemingly clueless about the identity of the two young men readying themselves for the start of the 2026 season.
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Appreciation needs to acknowledge what happened before the donor clicked.
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But something clicked for Williams around the four-minute mark of the final period.
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Sometimes crickets chirped in my head.
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The birds chirped a little bit louder.
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Last night’s incident emotionally rattled you, but tensions will cool in the coming hours.
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Like playwright Annie Baker’s warm, lush first feature, The Children’s Bach spins around a dreamy mother whose life is rattled by the appearance of a rakish rogue.
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“Clanked.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/clanked. Accessed 7 Jul. 2026.
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