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clanging

[ UK /klˈæŋɪŋ/ ]
[ US /ˈkɫæŋɪŋ/ ]
ADJECTIVE
  1. having a loud resonant metallic sound
    the clangorous locomotive works
    a clanging gong

How To Use clanging In A Sentence

  • The spoon had been bent into such a shape that would provide louder clanging, and the pot was misshapen, being dented in many places.
  • The clanging sound of metal on metal assaulted his ears.
  • In a moment of blind panic, I crashed through the back door, the door clanging on its frame as it snapped back into place.
  • He was carrying his hand bell by its clapper, and he shifted his grip to the handle and began clanging.
  • It's that tripping, multi-syllabic word that sounds like a bell clanging: "tintinnabulation" that I love so much. Edgar Allan Poe: On his birthday, a celebration of his words
  • He woke up to hear the sound of bells clanging in the distance.
  • The piece concludes with a passage from the Georgian hymn Upalo Ghmerto - lovely but also undocumented - and clanging bells.
  • However, the Las Vegas Four Seasons is right there on The Strip, right next to the Luxor, which kind of implicates it as one of those Vegas hotels - lobbies clanging with slot machines and crowded with wandering tourists clad in Reeboks, Dockers shorts, hooded sweatshirts tied around their waists and clear plastic visors embellished with flamingoes. Elvis Didn't Sing at the Wedding - Four Seasons Hotel, Las Vegas
  • He heard the fire bells clanging, and saw the horses running at full speed towards the financial district.
  • A great noise of clanging metal filled the air, and filled Ivya with a type of battle rage as she rained down blows on her brother.
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