Example Sentences
Recent Examples of Synonyms for clunked
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Texas basketball coach Sean Miller glanced over the stat sheet after Saturday’s 74-70 home loss to rival Texas A&M with a grimace before stating the obvious.—
Thomas Jones,
Austin American Statesman,
21 Jan. 2026 -
Then the star guard’s eyes glanced at Drew Timme’s T-shirt.—
Los Angeles Times,
Los Angeles Times,
20 Jan. 2026
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In prior days, Audi seemed to have bumped into a reliability issue, while Racing Bulls has seen improvement.—
Maury Brown,
Forbes.com,
30 Jan. 2026
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After being bumped to September for three straight years because of the NSCAR Street Race, the Taste of Chicago is reclaiming its longstanding dates in July, the city announced.—
Adam Harrington,
CBS News,
28 Jan. 2026
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Trump, true to form, knocked Biden for skipping the Super Bowl Sunday platform.—
Brian Stelter,
CNN Money,
3 Feb. 2026
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Second division Albacete knocked Real Madrid out of the Copa del Rey last month.—
Phil Hay,
New York Times,
3 Feb. 2026
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Encased in inflatable shock absorbers, the sphere bounced across the lunar surface like a beach ball, eventually settling and unfolding four petal-like panels to stabilize itself.—
Ilya Ferapontov,
Scientific American,
5 Feb. 2026
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Each time, bitcoin has bounced all the way back within a year and a half.—
David Goldman,
CNN Money,
5 Feb. 2026
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One man pulled a small hotel sign off the building and raised it above his head, while another banged a pot on it to make more noise.—
Nick Ferraro,
Twin Cities,
26 Jan. 2026
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In recent weeks, defense secretary Pete Hegseth has banged the drum about the Pentagon’s desire to be a tech-focused, AI-first department.—
Thomas Brewster,
Forbes.com,
20 Jan. 2026
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But Shuster, a five-time Olympian, won’t be competing in Cortina after his quintet was edged by a mostly young fivesome skipped by Danny Casper in the Olympic trials.—
Kevin Baxter,
Los Angeles Times,
4 Feb. 2026
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Biden participated in Super Bowl week interviews in 2021 and 2022, but skipped them in 2023 and 2024.—
Melina Khan,
USA Today,
4 Feb. 2026
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The ball ricocheted off the ground and then into the air and into the hands of two Heat players.—
Julia Poe,
Chicago Tribune,
30 Jan. 2026
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The cellphone recordings quickly ricocheted across social media.—
Maggie Vespa,
NBC news,
30 Jan. 2026
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Chea finished with 11 points for Princeton (18-2, 6-1 Ivy League), which rebounded from a 73-67 loss to Columbia on Friday that ended the Tigers' 15-game win streak.—
Arkansas Online,
Arkansas Online,
1 Feb. 2026
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Smith made bunch of them against visiting Larkin, shooting 6 of 9 and scoring a season-best 17 points as South Elgin rebounded from a sluggish first half for a 46-37 Upstate Eight West win.—
Paul Johnson,
Chicago Tribune,
31 Jan. 2026
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“Clunked.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/clunked. Accessed 6 Feb. 2026.
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