How to Use clunk in a Sentence

clunk

1 of 2 verb

• Mac, the chocolate lab, is clunking around the kitchen.
  — Jim Owczarski, Cincinnati.com, 22 Dec. 2017
• This closer might just clunk up for third or fourth place.
  — New York Times, 4 May 2018
• The rod's bushings are a likely source of a clunking noise.
  — Stef Schrader, Popular Mechanics, 25 Apr. 2020
• The only sounds are clunking crates, the beep of reversing trucks, and the soft thud of a jogger’s gait.
  — Ali Francis, Bon Appetit, 24 Apr. 2017
• The only sounds are clunking crates, the beep of reversing trucks, and the soft thud of a jogger’s gait.
  — Ali Francis, Bon Appetit, 24 Apr. 2017
• The artful heel is definitely not to be worn clunking down the stairs of the C train.
  — Rebecca Ramsey, The Cut, 19 Oct. 2017
• Then through the San Joaquin river delta, clunking over bridges and past houseboats.
  — Carl Nolte, SFChronicle.com, 29 June 2019
• Unlikely to win but could clunk up late for a minor prize.
  — David Papadopoulos, Bloomberg.com, 5 May 2017
• Finally, the sound of locks clunking open, followed by a face in the doorway.
  — Chris Ballard, SI.com, 2 Oct. 2019
• If the wind was blowing out, the ball might very well have clunked off the gigantic scoreboard that's now perched atop the ivy for a game-turning grand slam.
  — Todd Rosiak, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 27 Apr. 2018
• Redskins defensive tackle Ziggy Hood rolled onto the side of the burly tackle’s leg and Peters clunked to the grass like an anvil.
  — Jeff McLane, Philly.com, 24 Oct. 2017
• The sink stopper had clunked down, permanently closed, so some idiot (probably me) had yanked it out by his fingernails and placed it to the side.
  — Chris Erskine, latimes.com, 8 June 2018
• Junis’ 10th pitch clunked Matt Chapman somewhere on the back of his head, sending his helmet flying and his teammates into a panic.
  — Shayna Rubin, The Mercury News, 28 Aug. 2019
• Gone are the days of clunking heads together while sharing one pair of earbuds—not to mention having to scrape someone else’s earwax out of your tiny speaker grates.
  — Wired, 24 Sep. 2019
• The first programmable computer—if it were built—would have been a gigantic, mechanical thing clunking along with gears and levers and punch cards.
  — Sarah Lewin Frasier, Scientific American, 14 Oct. 2015
• Whether cruising along or at full-stomp, the 10-speed auto shifted smoothly and crisply with no untoward hiccups, hunting or clunking.
  — Jeff Yip, Houston Chronicle, 9 Feb. 2018
• A medical timeout for Čilić before the start of the third seemed only to delay the inevitable, as Federer broke serve at 3-3 after Čilić, well resigned to his fate, clunked another forehand into the net.
  — Arnav Adhikari, The Atlantic, 17 July 2017
• In fact, Hamill says that one of the biggest Star Wars original trilogy secrets is that more than half the dialogue was recorded in post-production due to all the intrusive noises from smoke and wind machines, prop effects, and even clunking robots.
  — James Hibberd, EW.com, 9 Dec. 2019
• Mac, the chocolate lab, is clunking around the kitchen.
  — Jim Owczarski, Cincinnati.com, 22 Dec. 2017
• This closer might just clunk up for third or fourth place.
  — New York Times, 4 May 2018
• The rod's bushings are a likely source of a clunking noise.
  — Stef Schrader, Popular Mechanics, 25 Apr. 2020
• The only sounds are clunking crates, the beep of reversing trucks, and the soft thud of a jogger’s gait.
  — Ali Francis, Bon Appetit, 24 Apr. 2017
• The only sounds are clunking crates, the beep of reversing trucks, and the soft thud of a jogger’s gait.
  — Ali Francis, Bon Appetit, 24 Apr. 2017
• The artful heel is definitely not to be worn clunking down the stairs of the C train.
  — Rebecca Ramsey, The Cut, 19 Oct. 2017
• Then through the San Joaquin river delta, clunking over bridges and past houseboats.
  — Carl Nolte, SFChronicle.com, 29 June 2019
• Unlikely to win but could clunk up late for a minor prize.
  — David Papadopoulos, Bloomberg.com, 5 May 2017
• Finally, the sound of locks clunking open, followed by a face in the doorway.
  — Chris Ballard, SI.com, 2 Oct. 2019
• If the wind was blowing out, the ball might very well have clunked off the gigantic scoreboard that's now perched atop the ivy for a game-turning grand slam.
  — Todd Rosiak, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 27 Apr. 2018
• Redskins defensive tackle Ziggy Hood rolled onto the side of the burly tackle’s leg and Peters clunked to the grass like an anvil.
  — Jeff McLane, Philly.com, 24 Oct. 2017
• The sink stopper had clunked down, permanently closed, so some idiot (probably me) had yanked it out by his fingernails and placed it to the side.
  — Chris Erskine, latimes.com, 8 June 2018

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clunk

2 of 2 noun

• The book hit the floor with a loud clunk.
• The buzz-clunk when the guards first pop the cellblock door means it’s 7 a.m.
  — Keri Blakinger, Rolling Stone, 5 June 2022
• The candies topple free with the clunk of wooden blocks.
  — Laurence Scott, Wired, 21 Jan. 2020
• In 1947, a Bedouin shepherd tossed a stone into a cave and heard a clunk as one of the stones hit a clay jar.
  — Gary Schiff, Sun Sentinel, 7 Sep. 2022
• The ride back to the waters of Alaska's Inside Passage was full of noisy clunks against the hull.
  — Plain Dealer Guest Writer, cleveland.com, 17 Jan. 2018
• The room got quiet as the wheel stopped with a double clunk on each new image.
  — Dan Egan, jsonline.com, 2 Sep. 2021
• The door swung open with a clunk and a screech, and cold clean air rushed into his lungs like the first breath after a storm.
  — Andrew Liptak, The Verge, 8 July 2018
• On his feet were the clunk-tastic sneakers from the Louis Vuitton Spring 2018 show.
  — Liana Satenstein, Vogue, 22 Dec. 2017
• Cornering is sharp, but there will be clunks and bumps.
  — Mark Maynard, San Diego Union-Tribune, 6 Sep. 2019
• The rumble of water is punctuated by the clunk of stones, the buzzing of bees, the whistling and whooping of men bringing the flocks in for the night.
  — Anthony Sattin, Smithsonian Magazine, 20 Sep. 2022
• There’s was no clunk late in the period, though; Keith sniped the puck top corner for this third goal of the season.
  — Helene St. James, Detroit Free Press, 16 Apr. 2021
• Some resembled the woody clunk of knuckles rapping on a door; others, the soft ringing of a gong.
  — Katherine J. Wu, The Atlantic, 29 June 2021
• Somehow, perhaps unnerved by the clanks and clunks, Fanucci had escaped his crate, pulled down the window and leapt out.
  — Ben Walker, The Seattle Times, 11 Feb. 2018
• And after a short scuffle and clunks of heavy hooves on the ground, an opposing player smacks the ball with his mallet in between two posts.
  — Brittany Britto, baltimoresun.com, 5 June 2018
• The machine whirred and beeped for a moment, then the door slid open with a clunk, and a robotic arm dispensed the appropriate currency.
  — Spud Hilton, San Francisco Chronicle, 3 May 2018
• The long-running CBS hit Survivor ended its 35th season with a clunk that left some fans wondering.
  — Bill Ervolino, Bergen, 21 Dec. 2017
• The target, however, is not another bird but a small drone, and when the eagle connects, there is a metallic clunk.
  — Stephen Castle, New York Times, 28 May 2016
• Also, my rides ended with an abrupt ka-clunk just before the trains proceeded to the station for unloading.
  — Arthur Levine, USA TODAY, 10 July 2018
• The GX800VH's claim to fame is its external liquid cooling unit, which locks into docking ports at the back of the laptop with a satisfying clunk.
  — Mark Walton, Ars Technica, 13 July 2017
• Dior’s clog offering has snob appeal and the shoes are deceptively streamlined, despite their clunk.
  — Madeline Fass, Vogue, 17 Oct. 2018
• But despite the extra juice, the power glut is not obtrusive as the vehicle's two diverse and generally harmonious powertrains got down to it, save a one-time, mild clunk from the rear.
  — Jamie Kitman, Car and Driver, 18 Mar. 2022
• Throughout its two seasons, HBO’s Westworld has trotted out no shortage of bad guys, from robot gunslingers to mad inventors to dialog that sputters and clunks.
  — Brian Barrett, WIRED, 24 June 2018
• At some point, however, J.Crew’s fashion choices began to land with a clunk in the highly competitive retail clothing sector.
  — Anne D’innocenzio, BostonGlobe.com, 4 May 2020
• On that fictitious planet, teens put on VR googles, thin as pencils rather than clunk like existing Oculus headsets, and transported themselves into nightclubs with friends.
  — Kenneth Rapoza, Forbes, 10 Apr. 2022
• In Sindelfingen, Daimler’s airport-sized factory on the edge of Stuttgart, a vast assembly hall is uncannily quiet except for occasional clunks and whirrs.
  — The Economist, 12 Apr. 2018
• The book hit the floor with a loud clunk.
• The buzz-clunk when the guards first pop the cellblock door means it’s 7 a.m.
  — Keri Blakinger, Rolling Stone, 5 June 2022
• The candies topple free with the clunk of wooden blocks.
  — Laurence Scott, Wired, 21 Jan. 2020
• In 1947, a Bedouin shepherd tossed a stone into a cave and heard a clunk as one of the stones hit a clay jar.
  — Gary Schiff, Sun Sentinel, 7 Sep. 2022
• The ride back to the waters of Alaska's Inside Passage was full of noisy clunks against the hull.
  — Plain Dealer Guest Writer, cleveland.com, 17 Jan. 2018

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