Example Sentences
Recent Examples of Synonyms for clinkety-clank
Noun
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Think things like rattles, balls, activity gyms, and more.—
Kimberly Zapata,
Parents,
2 Oct. 2025 -
The snake has a tiny rattle that sounds like the faint buzz of an insect, the TWRA told The Tennessean.—
Craig Shoup,
Nashville Tennessean,
18 Sep. 2025
Noun
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From the moment that Jerry Goldsmith’s piano tinkles caress the opening bars of his score while stars float past the frame, anyone with a soul knows that this is not your average IP cash-in.—
David Ehrlich,
IndieWire,
20 Aug. 2025
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The water fountains are trickling; wind chimes tinkle and shimmer in the breeze, and the store’s seemingly endless lines of indoor and outdoor décor are available to celebrate each season and occasion.—
Emily M. Olson,
Hartford Courant,
19 June 2025
Noun
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Autumn arrives in a blaze of golden forests accompanied by the hearty clink of steins—as age-old tradition raise a toast.—
Lewis Nunn,
Forbes.com,
14 Aug. 2025
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There’s no rush here, just salty air, slow weekends, and the soft clink of champagne glasses at sunset.—
Staff report,
Hartford Courant,
9 July 2025
Noun
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Curtis moved to Los Angeles after the service and wrote jingles for commercials.—
Mike Barnes,
HollywoodReporter,
20 Sep. 2025
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That's right, the advertisements displayed across America's media landscape, including the ones with catchy jingles and celebrity appearances, are an exception, not the rule.—
Rep. Greg Murphy, M.D.,
MSNBC Newsweek,
16 Sep. 2025
Noun
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The title may have the tang of a prog-rock album, but the book is witty, minutely detailed, and braced by common sense—a welcome gift in an often obsessive environment.—
Anthony Lane,
New Yorker,
22 Sep. 2025
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Deal Island Devil Cream Cake is a moist and lightly chocolatey cake, with a slight tang from buttermilk.—
Sheri Castle,
Southern Living,
22 Sep. 2025
Noun
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The photographs show how the wearable had swelled leaving no gap between his finger and the ring.—
PC Magazine,
PC Magazine,
30 Sep. 2025
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Posey would have been a fine choice, based on his three rings alone.—
Jayson Stark,
New York Times,
29 Sep. 2025
Noun
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In the face of this workaday jangle of strangeness and complexity, paranoia starts to seem like a perfectly rational response.—
Richard Brody,
New Yorker,
18 Apr. 2025
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The key organizer mutes the noise of key jangles and can keep keys in a tidy stack in a user’s preferred order.—
Mark Sparrow,
Forbes.com,
10 Apr. 2025
Noun
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Burnett gave the character a Texas twang, as a reference to her own thwarted mother.—
Rachel Syme,
New Yorker,
29 Sep. 2025
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But with this new one, the country thing — the sound of the fiddle and the twang in the voice — is kind of restrained and folded into a broader musical vision.—
Chris Willman,
Variety,
12 Sep. 2025
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“Clinkety-clank.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/clinkety-clank. Accessed 6 Oct. 2025.
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