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clattering

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verb

present participle of clatter

Example Sentences

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Recent Examples of clattering
Adjective
Meanwhile, his tactile upright stylings meet the clack of Dannie Richmond’s drums, fostering a clattering percussiveness borrowed from the blues. — Daniel Felsenthal, Pitchfork, 4 Apr. 2026
Verb
The big old house with its wide wooden floors, and the clattering sound that his hobnail boots made, didn’t daunt him. — Literary Hub, 21 Sep. 2026 Her black bag came off her shoulder and a CD holder went flying, sending bright silver discs clattering across the ground. — Timothy Townsend, Rolling Stone, 11 Sep. 2026 Their best moment of the first half comes late, with a clattering tackle by Jarrad Branthwaite on Marcus Rashford. — George Caulkin, New York Times, 7 Sep. 2026 Added to the mix were pottery workshops and artisan weavers, the traditional hand looms clattering away. — Lucy Gillmore, Travel + Leisure, 30 July 2026 All but one of these 22 songs could slot seamlessly into More Chaos’ clattering tracklist. — Eli Enis, Pitchfork, 9 July 2026 Butch had been little more than a clattering irritation at the edges of Will’s life. — Emily Ruskovich, The Atlantic, 7 July 2026 Skeletor is all pixels with a clattering jaw perfect for chewing the scenery. — Amy Nicholson, Los Angeles Times, 3 June 2026 The sound of chopping and plates clattering echoes through the open room, where conversation builds into a steady hum that fills every corner. — Eva Remijan-Toba, Chicago Tribune, 2 June 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for clattering
Adjective
  • Lucy refurbishes their noisy slab arrangements into massive walls of buzzing texture, like a cross between a fashionable rave and a final boss battle.
    — H.D. Angel, Pitchfork, 8 Oct. 2026
  • In a place where others might have heard a gunshot, or the noisy retreat of a car on three good tires.
    — Thomas Lake, AJC.com, 7 Oct. 2026
Verb
  • OpenAI said the notifications didn’t necessarily mean systems were compromised -- the activity may have been more like rattling a locked door than breaking it down.
    — Miriam Waldvogel, Washington Post, 1 Oct. 2026
  • The roar of the engines vibrated through the fuselage, rattling bones and teeth, while supply crates shifted and groaned with every lurch.
    — Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 30 Sep. 2026
Verb
  • Heck, our returning champion Carole wasn’t even in this episode other than clacking away on her keyboard.
    — Brian Moylan, Vulture, 9 Sep. 2026
  • Once, when his unit came under heavy fire, a soldier running for cover caught a glimpse of Salinger hunched under a table, clacking away like a frenzied newsman on deadline.
    — Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 10 Aug. 2026

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“Clattering.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/clattering. Accessed 9 Oct. 2026.

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