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Recent Examples of clatteredAs 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
Encouragingly, against Nottingham Forest, Woltemade also saw a shot from point-blank range blocked and rattled another off the bar.
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Chris Waugh,
New York Times,
7 Oct. 2025
The resignation rattled investors, sending the CAC-40 index of leading French companies plunging.
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