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Recent Examples of clattered
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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Sam Knight, New Yorker, 14 May 2026
The Premier League side had opened the scoring with a Viktor Gyokeres spot kick on 44 minutes, awarded when David Hancko clattered into the back of him.
—Phil Hay, New York Times, 30 Apr. 2026
During the fight, a knife clattered onto the subway car’s floor, cops said.
—Thomas Tracy, New York Daily News, 27 Mar. 2026
Zinc roofs clattered lightly against each other in the wind, the only sound in the village.
—Pelumi Salako, Los Angeles Times, 6 Feb. 2026
As David tried to control the flames, silverware clattered to the floor, and in an effort to save the flaming cake, Ann put it onto a wicker chair.
—Meredith Wilshere, PEOPLE, 27 Dec. 2025
Andy clattered up the hill through the brush and pulled to a halt.
—Bob Cary, Outdoor Life, 15 Oct. 2025
Mountains rose, the sun throwing soft light upon the carriage as the train clattered through one tunnel after another, beside ice-blue waterfalls frozen in their midst.
—The Editors, Outside, 31 Aug. 2025
But the top lot might be the notorious bell wall, which clattered incessantly to alert the servants to the desires and whims of their employers.
—Air Mail, 23 Aug. 2025
Sam Knight, New Yorker, 14 May 2026
The Premier League side had opened the scoring with a Viktor Gyokeres spot kick on 44 minutes, awarded when David Hancko clattered into the back of him.
—Phil Hay, New York Times, 30 Apr. 2026
During the fight, a knife clattered onto the subway car’s floor, cops said.
—Thomas Tracy, New York Daily News, 27 Mar. 2026
Zinc roofs clattered lightly against each other in the wind, the only sound in the village.
—Pelumi Salako, Los Angeles Times, 6 Feb. 2026
As David tried to control the flames, silverware clattered to the floor, and in an effort to save the flaming cake, Ann put it onto a wicker chair.
—Meredith Wilshere, PEOPLE, 27 Dec. 2025
Andy clattered up the hill through the brush and pulled to a halt.
—Bob Cary, Outdoor Life, 15 Oct. 2025
Mountains rose, the sun throwing soft light upon the carriage as the train clattered through one tunnel after another, beside ice-blue waterfalls frozen in their midst.
—The Editors, Outside, 31 Aug. 2025
But the top lot might be the notorious bell wall, which clattered incessantly to alert the servants to the desires and whims of their employers.
—Air Mail, 23 Aug. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for clattered
rattled
Verb
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Another weekend of chaos approaches in the world of California girls' track and field, as an ongoing Title IX crisis has rattled parents in the southern region of the state.—
Jackson Thompson OutKick,
FOXNews.com,
14 May 2026
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That wobble left them rattled, and Arsenal have become pragmatic.—
Dean Jones,
New York Times,
13 May 2026
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“Clattered.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/clattered. Accessed 20 May. 2026.
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