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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
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 Below them, clattering on a dozen parallel tracks, the trains were coming and going, arriving and departing, thundering underground. Literary Hub, 3 June 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 That can mean a cycle of scraping chairs, rolling carts, and clattering equipment at times when most passengers expect quiet. David Nikel, Forbes.com, 10 May 2026 The boom bap volume had been turned to LOUD, the crowd had mobbed every roof, railing and bit of space with even an inch of a view of the ramps, and with every cool trick came the thundering sound of skateboards clattering on the deck in approval from fellow skaters. Tony Le Calvez, San Diego Union-Tribune, 7 May 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for clattering
Adjective
  • The central location comes with a touch of weekend bustle—Big Bear Boulevard can get noisy—but the trade-off for walkability is worth it.
    Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 15 Aug. 2026
  • This impending surge in lunar traffic makes time-sensitive missions like CosmoCube crucial to capturing the universe’s earliest faint signals before the quietest sanctuary in the solar system becomes noisy.
    Mrigakshi Dixit, Interesting Engineering, 14 Aug. 2026
Verb
  • Kemp and Jackson united at the Georgia Chamber’s annual congressional luncheon for the first time since Jackson’s party-rattling primary win.
    AJ Willingham, AJC.com, 7 Aug. 2026
  • There’s certainly good news there, but the program also saw its average revenue per user drop over the last quarter, rattling investors.
    Victor Tangermann, Futurism, 6 Aug. 2026
Verb
  • 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
  • Automobile horns echoed here and there in the distance, and as the government railway train departed the station under the bridge, a string of small lights heralded the far-off clacking of its wheels.
    Cynthia Zarin, Harpers Magazine, 4 Aug. 2026

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“Clattering.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/clattering. Accessed 15 Aug. 2026.

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