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How to use clang in a sentence

21 example sentences · noun, verb, interjection

Clang means a loud, ringing sound, like that made by free-hanging metal objects striking each other; usually, one considered more jarring than melodious. Example: “The stone clanged metallically as it dropped into the bucket.”

Examples of clang by meaning

verbTo strike (objects) together so as to produce a clang.

  • A dented metal punching bag waiting to be clanged; a solitary object in the rhino's cage.2020, “Zoo”, in Still at the Rough Cusp of Renaissance, performed by Good Fuck

verbTo give out a clang; to resound.

  • Middlesbrough will wonder whether it might have been different if the volley that Jelle Vossen slashed towards John Ruddy’s net after nine minutes had been a couple inches lower rather than clanging off the crossbar.2015 May 25, Daniel Taylor, “Norwich reach Premier League after early blitz sees off Middlesbrough”, in The Guardian (London)
  • A cell door clanged metallically and Wentworth was flung inside.1933, Norvell Page, Wings of the Black Death
  • The clanging and groaning of the train came nearer, and it staggered slowly into the station like a prey- laden monster into its lair.1920, Edith Wharton, chapter XXIX, in The Age of Innocence

More sentences with clang

  • The stone clanged metallically as it dropped into the bucket.From the entry metallically
  • It clanged a few seconds later as his pursuer pounded on it.2012, Ian Tregillis, Bitter Seeds, →ISBN. From the entry ghost
  • The bell pealed 20 times, clanging into the dusk as Mr.2006 September 11, Sheryl Gay Stolberg, “Bush Mourns 9/11 at Ground Zero as N.Y. Remembers”, in The New York Times, →ISSN. From the entry peal
  • It's the clanging of cash registers, the banging of beads, hawking, hondelling and the hooting of horns.1977, Janet Kaplan and Judy Stacey Goldman, The Underground Jerusalem Guide, Keter Pub. House. From the entry hondel
  • Guns were fired on all sides and sparks flew out as matchets clanged together in warriors’ salutes.1958, Chinua Achebe, Things Fall Apart, Penguin (2010), page 116. From the entry matchet
  • Like a weary pilgrim who hears them pearly gates clang shut behind him . . .1932, Robert Ormond Case, “A New Design”, in Whispering Valley, Oxford, Oxon: ISIS Publishing Ltd., published 2010, →ISBN, page 239. From the entry thataway
  • Trolley-cars rushed by, clanging and grinding as they headlonged into the side streets.1905, Liberty Hyde Bailey, The outlook to nature. From the entry headlong
  • The clang of the bell, as the corner was neared, seemed to act as a summons.1901, Temple Bar, page 400. From the entry swirr
  • He clanged open the register, still smile-smirking—Holy moly, it was really happening, what an adventure, wait'll he told the guys!2014, John Nichols, American Blood. From the entry smile-smirk
  • He clanged our way to the far end where the "better element" of jaildom, the high-swindlers and bootleggers were kept.2005, Frank Lloyd Wright, Frank Lloyd Wright: An Autobiography. From the entry jaildom
  • Very few people have that clanging opportunity.1990, Kurt Vonnegut, Hocus Pocus. From the entry carillonneur
  • A fire engine roars by, bells clanging, sirens screaming.1952 September 29, “"BOP VOCABULARY" section, inside of "That Crazy Bop Joke Craze"”, in LIFE Magazine, New York, U.S., page 69. From the entry solid
  • He showed me where to pull the clanger, and I pulled and pulled and the clanging joined the music of the bombardment.2011, Jerry Spinelli, Milkweed, unnumbered page. From the entry clanger
  • I was grabbing some air outside the Cavu Club when, far above me, I heard the slow clang of geese bucking head winds, winging north.1953, William Chambers, Robert Chambers, Chambers's Journal, page 65. From the entry grab some air
  • And at that moment, from a farm-house near came the swift clang of the breakfast bell, calling in the hands from barn and pasture.1909, Mary Roberts Rinehart, “The Girl in Blue”, in The Man in Lower Ten, New York, N.Y.: Grosset & Dunlap, →OCLC, page 61. From the entry farm-house
  • He walked to the edge and they heard his hoarse guffaw of laughter as the arrows clanged and clattered against his impenetrable mail.1905–1906, Arthur Conan Doyle, chapter XX, in Sir Nigel, London: Smith, Elder & Co., […], published January 1906, →OCLC. From the entry guffaw
  • Mad jackhares started and checked in the blue glare and high among those clanging crags jokin roehawks crouched in their feathers or cracked a yellow eye at the thunder underfoot.1985, Cormac McCarthy, chapter XIV, in Blood Meridian; or, The Evening Redness in the West, 25th anniversary edition, New York, N.Y.…. From the entry jackhare

Meaning of clang

  1. noun A loud, ringing sound, like that made by free-hanging metal objects striking each other; usually, one considered more jarring than melodious.
  2. noun Quality of tone.
  3. noun The cry of some birds, including the crane and the goose.

Full definition of clang

Questions about clang in a sentence

How do you use clang in a sentence?
Clang is used as a noun, verb and interjection. For example: “The stone clanged metallically as it dropped into the bucket.”
What is a short sentence with clang?
“Very few people have that clanging opportunity.”
What does clang mean?
Clang means a loud, ringing sound, like that made by free-hanging metal objects striking each other; usually, one considered more jarring than melodious.

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Adapted from Wiktionary: clang (page history and authors) and the entries each sentence comes from. Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws chose the sentences, left out offensive ones and quotations older than 1900, and marked the word in each. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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