Use "clanking" in a sentence

1. There was a great shudder that went through the earth as she felt it move, and then a muffled clanking of a machine came from above

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2. She landed hard strikes on the hissing and clanking behemoth

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3. At midnight, voices sounded, accompanied by the clanking of mail armor

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4. Before she could decide whose troops approached, another collection of voices and clanking armor arose from the other side of the yard

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5. My screams of rage were quickly lost amongst the clanking and whirring of the car-wash as it dutifully washed my car from front to back, then from back to front, my head along with it

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6. draped chains, clanking the rollers, mixed in with a compressor

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7. Then he stood and greeted, and there was a loud clanking of chairs when everyone stood up and greeted back

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8. A sufficient hole dug, Lord Robert dropped the shackles in and grimaced at the clanking sound they made in the darkness

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9. He felt a warmth brush past his face and heard the faintest echo of clanking armour

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10. Rover had recovered their dead, salvaged what parts they could from wrecked tracks, and were roaring and clanking along Route 13 estimating linkup with the main unit about noon

11. He heard the mallet fall to the ground, then some clanking of metal

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12. The sound of clattering and clanking announced the return of the jesterfish

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13. Philip and Jonathan stayed within the shade of night, hearing the noise of laughter and clanking plates to their left and the tranquility of the ebbing tide to their right

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14. When they met there was a loud clanking of metals

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15. 'For victory and the fair honor of Taramis!' he said sardonically, and, taking his vizored helmet under his arm, he lifted a hand in salute, and strode clanking from the chamber

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16. Pallantides hastened from the pavilion, clanking in the armor he had donned at midnight after a few hours' sleep

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17. began to stir, clanking the sides of the cup as though it were a

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18. Sometime later, the clanking of keys and the turning of the lock made me look up and I stared across the cell as the basement door opened

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19. When the clanking stopped there was no other sound

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20. A Bloodliner came running into the room with his armor clanking on his body

21. The inn keeper stepped back with a worried look, her metal boots clanking on the floor

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22. It is a small mercy that nobody could see what went on inside that machine, but the clanking, booming, chuntering noises were highly suggestive

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23. They began to hear pots clanking, machine sounds from what appeared to be a kitchen

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24. hear the hardware clanking in his anorak pockets

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25. There was a noise of metal clanking on the pavement behind the platform and a naked boy then ran up the stairs, closely pursued by two of the trader’s henchmen

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26. After a brief pause, he heard the clanking of the latch

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27. � The layers of neoprene foam sandwiching the plate pockets, on top of making the vest more comfortable to wear and cushioning any eventual impact, prevented the plates from clanking between them

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28. The clanking of spanners on bolt heads slowly sealed his fate

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29. To a clanking of iron buffers and a clinking of chain, the train

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30. sound of clanking dishes

31. It was almost deafening with the thudding and clanking of fifty-eight picks hammering the dirt in random, and the shoveling of dirt into the dirt-carts, the loading and unloading of the crystals, and especially the machinery used to haul the crystals up the side of the two hundred foot embankment

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32. reading the Bible when he heard the clanking of keys outside

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33. His “Orchestra” was a gigantic clanking monstrosity

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34. Miles Donovan jumped at the clanking sound of something locking into place under his seat, and saw a cannon built like a six shot revolver drop out of the bottom of the other plane, matching Millie’s

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35. A dull clanking sound then abruptly interrupted the conversation

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36. She heard the pounding of the sea, the clanking as longswords met, and the pang of lightening as it flashed in the distance

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37. Occasionally the clanking of coins in the

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38. By the time that dish of last week’s leftover vanilla tapioca should have been cranking up his second term into high gear, the country was clanking down to a falling-apart, full stop

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39. The chatter resumed, bowls clanking and dishes being passed around

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40. forged! Their clanking may be heard on the plains of Boston! The war is

41. machinery clanking and moving

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42. It was loud for a moment then they heard the sound of clanking, like metal on rock

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43. And now he, for whose sake she had married Job, so that the thousands of acres her father had had to mortgage could be freed from debt and handed over to him, when he came to inherit, in the condition his ancestors knew, had long ago vanished out of her life, and Job, who freed the inheritance, had vanished too--Trippy forever, behind the clanking gates of death, and Job for ever too, of course, but differently forever

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44. This year the manoeuvres are up our way, so that we are blest with more than our usual share of attention, and wherever you go you see soldiers, and the holy calm that has brooded over us all the summer has given place to a perpetual running to and fro of officers' servants, to meals being got ready at all hours, to the clanking of spurs and all those other mysterious things on an officer that do clank whenever he moves, and to the grievous wailings of my unfortunate menials, who are quite beside themselves, and know not whither to turn for succour

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45. Prompted by the mournful groan of burning timbers and clanking bangs, Johnny crouched down to suck feverishly at the clear liquid

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46. Then he hears the worst noise he could possibly hear: the clanking of an approaching guard, and he freezes, every muscle in his body tense

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47. The clanking grows louder as the guards approach, and after a moment she hears it as well

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48. And when the clanking of the cooling chamber door started, and that boring nightwatchman came in again, I decided rather to follow him for a while…

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49. A few big strides brought him to the corner of the Mustang where he kneeled down and hammered his elbow onto the bonnet with a hollow clanking sound

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50. The noisy seagulls were just as predominant though, and additionally there were the hollow splashing and clanking sounds of a multitude of these smaller boats being incessantly shifted around in their position by the turbid water and tugging at their moors

51. The conversation went on uninterrupted for about an hour, then the clanking of keys and outer doors opening temporarily halted the talks

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52. Ravan awakened to the clanking of armor and ringing of swords in the yard

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53. The outraged lover brandished his naked sword; his guipure ruffle rose with jerks to the movements of his chest, and he walked from right to left with long strides, clanking against the boards the silver-gilt spurs of his soft boots, widening out at the ankles

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54. On the top road, where the gorse was out, he saw Edgar walking lazily beside the mare, who nodded her white-starred forehead as she dragged the clanking load of coal

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55. There was a sound of a heavy cart clanking down the road

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56. A hollow moan filled the air, and then something that sounded like the clanking of chains

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57. Slipping his words deftly into the pauses of the clanking he drew swiftly on the

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58. I could see cows grazing in the high green meadows not far below me, their big square bells clanking as they moved

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59. His hand on her shoulder, the familiar clanking of keys on his belt

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60. A moment later, there are clanking keys and footfalls and her father’s voice calls her name

61. Don Jose Avellanos, clanking his chains amongst the others, seemed only to exist in order to prove how much hunger, pain, degradation, and cruel torture a human body can stand without parting with the last spark of life

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62. The engine-driver, running past the Casa Viola with the salute of an uplifted arm, checked his speed smartly before entering the yard; and when the ear-splitting screech of the steam-whistle for the brakes had stopped, a series of hard, battering shocks, mingled with the clanking of chain-couplings, made a tumult of blows and shaken fetters under the vault of the gate

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63. The courtyards of the castle resounded with the clanking of leg-irons, sounds of blows, yells of pain; and the commission of high officers laboured feverishly, concealing their distress and apprehensions from each other, and especially from their secretary, Father Beron, an army chaplain, at that time very much in the confidence of the Citizen-Saviour

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64. " And Father Beron would go outside after the clanking prisoner, led away between two soldiers

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65. In the passages and on the staircases of the old palace Montero's troopers lounged about insolently, smoking and making way for no one; the clanking of sabres and spurs resounded all over the building

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66. It seemed to him that she ought to hear the clanking of his fetters—his silver fetters, from afar

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67. The man rose and walked awkwardly toward her, his shackles clanking, and she saw

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68. The dishes made their own music beneath her moving hands, a mellow clanking, like the sounds Charlie heard when he held his breath and became a submarine in the tub

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69. and Sol would be paratrooping out of the sliding door to infiltrate the unfamiliar streets, spraycans (she assumed) clanking in their bags

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70. ” But he must not hear her over the approaching din, a clanking of chains, the sharp inhalation of more flames

71. Each time they slammed into it, we could hear the muted, repetitive clanking transmitted through the stone walls around us

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72. Three cleaning women hauled buckets at the end of the hallway, clanking as they moved

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73. Finally I heard the metal clanking of the latch being turned, and then the door opened

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74. While he glares at me, I hear clanking to my left

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75. Then I hear clanking footsteps a couple of floors below us

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76. For a long time they continued to look at red Rugay who, his arched back spattered with mud and clanking the ring of his leash, walked along just behind ‘Uncle’s’ horse with the serene air of a conqueror

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77. Rostov riding in front gave the order ‘Forward!’ and the hussars, with clanking sabers and subdued talk, their horses’ hoofs splashing in the mud, defiled in fours and moved along the broad road planted with birch trees on each side, following the infantry and a battery that had gone on in front

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78. Figures were moving on these vehicles, flashes were visible through the dusk as though there were naked swords there, a clanking became audible which resembled the rattling of chains, and as this something advanced, the sound of voices waxed louder, and it turned into a terrible thing such as emerges from the cave of dreams

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79. In the Carrousel there was audible the clanking of swords of all

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80. ” The voice was low and hopeless and accompanied by a slight clanking sound

81. I implored the colonel to let me out, but the remorseless clanking of the levers drowned my cries

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82. But the hours of darkness passed in peace; the men who still remained at their duty toiling hard at the pumps, whose clinking and clanking at intervals through the dreary night dismally resounded through the ship

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83. But by those clanking links, the vast corpse itself, not the ship, is to be moored

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84. As soon as he began waving his arms, the cruel irons he wore under his gown could be heard clanking

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85. Each of them had half his head shaved, and their presence was indicated by the clanking of the chains on their feet

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86. He had stood there about an hour when the clanking of chains, the noise of footsteps, authoritative voices, the sound of coughing, and the low murmur of a large crowd became audible

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87. Above, on the gallery, were other convicts with heads half shaven, whose presence was manifested by a clanking of chains

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88. For a few seconds there was silence, which was broken only by the blowing of noses, coughing, and clanking of chains

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89. The young policeman, a smart-looking fellow, with his right arm akimbo and a clanking sword, rode up to us, calling out in an imperative tone: "Disperse, you fellows! What business have you to gather there?" Every one turned to look at him, while one of the speakers, a modest-looking man in a peasant's coat, replied calmly and pleasantly: "We are talking about business, and there is no reason why we should disperse; it might be better for you, my young friend, if you were to jump off from your horse and to listen to us

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90. For a long time they continued to look at red Rugáy who, his arched back spattered with mud and clanking the ring of his leash, walked along just behind “Uncle’s” horse with the serene air of a conqueror