clanked

past tense of clank

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of Synonyms for clanked
Verb
  • Ulloa stood up and clinked his glass to quiet the group.
    Paul Tenorio, New York Times, 2 June 2026
  • Our buckteeth clinked painfully.
    Charna Flam, People.com, 25 Aug. 2025
Verb
  • Many people watching the game on TV were surprised, since replays seemed to suggest Freuler had been offside before being clattered by Abunada.
    Dermot Corrigan, New York Times, 13 June 2026
  • 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.
    Sam Knight, New Yorker, 14 May 2026
Verb
  • Sticks clacked in quick succession as passes moved up the ice.
    Panashe Matemba-Mutasa, Mercury News, 11 Mar. 2026
  • 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.
    Matthew Futterman, New York Times, 26 Jan. 2026
Verb
  • Appreciation needs to acknowledge what happened before the donor clicked.
    Expert Panel®, Forbes.com, 1 July 2026
  • But something clicked for Williams around the four-minute mark of the final period.
    Nathan Canilao, Mercury News, 27 June 2026
Verb
  • Sometimes crickets chirped in my head.
    Will Mackin, New Yorker, 28 June 2026
  • The birds chirped a little bit louder.
    Tracy Smith, CBS News, 7 June 2026
Verb
  • The 27-year-old right-hander isn’t easily rattled, which is one of the reasons the Mets like him.
    Abbey Mastracco, New York Daily News, 27 June 2026
  • In late May, in broad daylight, residents across Massachusetts and beyond saw a brilliant flash in the sky, followed by two sonic booms that rattled windows, shook houses, and prompted a flood of 911 calls.
    Govert Schilling, Scientific American, 27 June 2026
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“Clanked.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/clanked. Accessed 5 Jul. 2026.

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