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clunking

[ UK /klˈʌŋkɪŋ/ ]
NOUN
  1. the sound of a horse's hoofs hitting on a hard surface

How To Use clunking In A Sentence

  • A bereaved couple allow their dead son to be cloned by a sinister scientific institute in this clunking supernatural thriller. Times, Sunday Times
  • For that reason, I always make sure my car is locked by listening for the quite loud clunking noise. Times, Sunday Times
  • He heard a'weird clunking noise - as if a bird had flown straight into the propeller. The Sun
  • I tried to slow my breathing as I listened to my mother's footsteps clunking up the stairs.
  • I winced in pain, so distracted by his intensity that I was deaf to the clunking of boots on the concrete floor.
  • The cover had slid closed after that, clunking down securely.
  • I received a call from a customer one day asking if his hard drive could be upgraded to a higher gig drive (his old one was clunking and making noise).
  • Mother came clunking up the stairs, and yelled, before she had to open the door.
  • The sound of desks clunking and the shuffling of feet against the linoleum, filled her ears, as she got her materials organized and finally went to the front of the class.
  • A clunking old metal elevator struggled to make its way to the ground floor, then grudgingly opened its doors to allow myself and a frazzled woman to embark.
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