Example Sentences
Recent Examples of Synonyms for clunked
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Brookwood junior Collier Stanton extended his arm to the wall, glanced at the scoreboard and slapped the water as his older brother, Baylor, pumped his fist behind the block.—
Ansley Gavlak,
AJC.com,
8 Feb. 2026 -
In a hallway of Bridgestone Arena in Nashville, just outside the Senators’ dressing room, Ullmark looked up from his cellphone and glanced at the score on a television screen hanging from the wall.—
Julian McKenzie,
New York Times,
1 Feb. 2026
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Speedskater Kristen Santos-Griswold is ready for redemption after a collision bumped her from medaling four years ago.—
Kayla Hayempour,
NBC news,
6 Feb. 2026
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Some items now available at the fest, which began Jan 30, will go away at a predetermined (and published) date, replaced by other items that will, in turn, be bumped for a third option.—
Dewayne Bevil,
The Orlando Sentinel,
5 Feb. 2026
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Coarse stones with large crystals chip and fracture easily when knocked together.—
Asuka Koda,
CNN Money,
11 Feb. 2026
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In the letter to Demacopoulos, the family said Gutiérrez told a friend that her boyfriend punched her and knocked one out.—
Madeline Buckley,
Chicago Tribune,
10 Feb. 2026
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Encased in inflatable shock absorbers, the sphere bounced across the lunar surface like a beach ball, eventually settling and unfolding four petal-like panels to stabilize itself.—
Ilya Ferapontov,
Scientific American,
5 Feb. 2026
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Each time, bitcoin has bounced all the way back within a year and a half.—
David Goldman,
CNN Money,
5 Feb. 2026
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One man pulled a small hotel sign off the building and raised it above his head, while another banged a pot on it to make more noise.—
Nick Ferraro,
Twin Cities,
26 Jan. 2026
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In recent weeks, defense secretary Pete Hegseth has banged the drum about the Pentagon’s desire to be a tech-focused, AI-first department.—
Thomas Brewster,
Forbes.com,
20 Jan. 2026
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Team Peterson, skipped by Tabatha, begins competition Thursday against South Korea and Sweden.—
John Shipley,
Twin Cities,
11 Feb. 2026
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Some data suggests people skipped going to the bathroom when Bad Bunny, whose real name is Benito Antonio Martínez Ocasio, started his set.—
Eduardo Cuevas,
USA Today,
11 Feb. 2026
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The image ricocheted across the country, igniting outrage from lawmakers and the public.—
Mike Hixenbaugh,
NBC news,
6 Feb. 2026
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The ball ricocheted off the ground and then into the air and into the hands of two Heat players.—
Julia Poe,
Chicago Tribune,
30 Jan. 2026
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Both indices rebounded early Friday, recovering some of those losses, but the overall trend has been weak.—
Business Columnist,
Los Angeles Times,
6 Feb. 2026
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But growth rebounded in the second half of the year.—
Paul Wiseman,
Fortune,
6 Feb. 2026
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“Clunked.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/clunked. Accessed 14 Feb. 2026.
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