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Recent Examples of clattered
Andy clattered up the hill through the brush and pulled to a halt.
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Bob Cary, Outdoor Life, 15 Oct. 2025
As Mathias Jensen’s 95th-minute strike clattered into the net, at once extinguishing Manchester United’s stuttering attempt to come back from two early goals down at Brentford on Saturday lunchtime, a lot of attention turned to the away dugout.
—Chris Weatherspoon, New York Times, 1 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
Bob Cary, Outdoor Life, 15 Oct. 2025
As Mathias Jensen’s 95th-minute strike clattered into the net, at once extinguishing Manchester United’s stuttering attempt to come back from two early goals down at Brentford on Saturday lunchtime, a lot of attention turned to the away dugout.
—Chris Weatherspoon, New York Times, 1 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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Trump’s tariff strong-arming has rattled relationships with America’s friends and foes.—
Eleanor Pringle,
Fortune,
3 Nov. 2025
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Beijing responded not only with its own port fees but the sweeping expansion of export controls on rare earths – a move that rattled Washington.—
Betsy Klein,
CNN Money,
30 Oct. 2025
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“Clattered.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/clattered. Accessed 7 Nov. 2025.
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