Example Sentences
Recent Examples of Synonyms for clunking
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Footwork clatter and thudding 808s exude yearning emotion on the young producer-songwriter’s patchworked new track.—
Kieran Press-Reynolds,
Pitchfork,
13 Mar. 2026 -
Each must traverse more than a mile-and-a-half of terrain, through a canyon, into shadows and out, over rolls that hurl the body half a football field through the air before thudding it back down again.—
Barry Svrluga,
Washington Post,
8 Feb. 2026
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Then Buttered Popcorn dethroned it in 1998, bumping the cherry classic from its perch.—
Samantha Agate,
Miami Herald,
1 Apr. 2026
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The coaching staff and team members all jumped around on the sideline in celebration, with players chest bumping Mullins, and coach Dan Hurley had an interaction with a referee that went viral and brought backlash.—
Matthew Couden,
MSNBC Newsweek,
31 Mar. 2026
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But Pong only involves a bouncing square and a moving line.—
Deni Ellis Béchard,
Scientific American,
28 Mar. 2026
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Last night, Peralta started McGonigle off with a changeup that was fouled off before just missing with a sinker high and bouncing a changeup in front of the plate.—
Kevin Acee,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
28 Mar. 2026
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After just 46 games last season in Double-A, the multi-position infielder made Detroit's major league roster with an undeniably strong spring, skipping Triple-A entirely.—
CBS News,
CBS News,
27 Mar. 2026
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As the unconscious Moon enters your 6th House of Wellness, you’re prepped to notice unhelpful patterns, like skipping meals or losing sleep.—
Tarot.com,
Hartford Courant,
27 Mar. 2026
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The oil shortage has also affected public services and food transportation, prompting rare protests in some cities, with citizens banging pots and pans and lighting bonfires in the darkness.—
Chris Lau,
CNN Money,
30 Mar. 2026
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Many of us at City Hall also have been banging our heads against the wall about it, but the situation is more grim than most Chicagoans realize.—
Bill Conway,
Chicago Tribune,
30 Mar. 2026
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Emotional details piled on — an injured German shepherd being protected by the pack, a corgi leading the group, glancing back to check on the others.—
Hanna Wickes,
Miami Herald,
26 Mar. 2026
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But the glancing references to Western Sahara’s decades-old territorial dispute, depicted here as a mere unexpected obstacle in the characters’ quest for a transformative experience, belie a deeper history that is not simply a logistical inconvenience.—
Álex Maroño Porto,
The Atlantic,
14 Mar. 2026
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Things got worse for the Wild a few shifts later when Spurgeon foiled a Florida rush to the Minnesota net, but went down at full speed and slid hard into the goalpost, knocking the net off the moorings.—
Jess Myers,
Twin Cities,
27 Mar. 2026
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The level 3 out of 5, or the area with numerous severe thunderstorms, is literally knocking on the door.—
Ray Petelin,
CBS News,
26 Mar. 2026
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The children are giggly and boisterous, their voices ricocheting off the walls around us.—
Anderson Tepper,
Literary Hub,
30 Mar. 2026
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Sound waves ricocheting between buildings stretched out reverberation times and created an uneven acoustic field.—
Yook JiHun,
Popular Science,
26 Mar. 2026
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“Clunking.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/clunking. Accessed 4 Apr. 2026.
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