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clanging

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verb

present participle of clang

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of Synonyms for clanging
Adjective
  • Spencer's hair was styled by David Von Cannon and the two landed on loose, unfussy, undone waves for a cool contrast against her strapless metallic silver gown.
    Kara Nesvig, Allure, 17 July 2025
  • For example, neutral shades are often included in metallic or matte finishes.
    BestReviews, Chicago Tribune, 16 July 2025
Adjective
  • The orchestration is a touch grotesque, with the first violins given a shrill D two octaves above middle C.
    Alex Ross, New Yorker, 23 June 2025
  • Still, the shrill alarm that echoed on Friday morning as Israel announced airstrikes on neighboring Iran gave her that familiar feeling.
    Isabel Rivera, Miami Herald, 15 June 2025
Adjective
  • In the first piece, Belcher takes a strident approach, with deep feeling and flow.
    Sheila Regan, Twin Cities, 11 July 2025
  • As the technology and its outputs become ubiquitous, AI executives have grown strident, even brazen, about the technology’s stakes.
    Matteo Wong, The Atlantic, 8 July 2025
Adjective
  • Colbert also announced the cancellation to his own audience on Thursday's episode of The Late Show, which was greeted with a raucous round of booing.
    Ryan Coleman, EW.com, 18 July 2025
  • The course last hosted The Open in 2019, when Shane Lowry triumphed in front of a raucous home crowd.
    Devlina Sarkar, MSNBC Newsweek, 16 July 2025
Adjective
  • On the set of the new Prime Video series back in March, the juxtaposition is jarring.
    EW.com, EW.com, 15 July 2025
  • Rather than relying on a post-credits scene to set up DaCosta's film, Boyle opted instead for a tonally jarring final act to his movie.
    Eliana Dockterman, Time, 11 July 2025
Adjective
  • The outside world seems to be growing only more dissonant and chaotic.
    Faith Hill, The Atlantic, 2 June 2025
  • If not, a show that has now been in decline for half its run risks devolving into a mess as self-indulgent, morose, and, well, dissonant as its title character.
    Judy Berman, Time, 26 June 2025
Adjective
  • These creatures can be very noisy, but there's a purpose.
    Marley Malenfant, Austin American Statesman, 22 July 2025
  • There are also elements that people tend to notice only when things go wrong, like if a restaurant is too noisy.
    Sofia Perez, Forbes.com, 21 July 2025
Adjective
  • Finding the perfect coffee maker has been a perpetual and grating search for me.
    Julia Harrison, Architectural Digest, 9 July 2025
  • The Miz, often derided as a wrestler for his flamboyant and grating onscreen personality, is few people’s idea of a WrestleMania main-event talent, so his win makes the 27th event stand out as kind of an oddity.
    Daniel Dockery, Vulture, 21 Apr. 2025
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“Clanging.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/clanging. Accessed 26 Jul. 2025.

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