Synonyms for clang

Grammar : Noun

Spell : klang

Phonetic Transcription : klæŋ

Définition of clang

Origin : 1570s, echoic (originally of trumpets and birds), akin to or from Latin clangere "resound, ring," and Greek klange "sharp sound," from PIE *klang-, nasalized form of root *kleg- "to cry, sound." Related: Clanged; clanging.

noun clank

Example sentences :

He heard the hum and clang of an electric car off through a chestnut grove.
Extract from : « The Spenders » by Harry Leon Wilson

From sea to sea there was stringing of bows in the cottage and clang of steel in the castle.
Extract from : « The White Company » by Arthur Conan Doyle

And then came the clang of the fire bell, and the waiting ranks were terrified.
Extract from : « The Widow O'Callaghan's Boys » by Gulielma Zollinger

On a sudden the clang of the new church clock told that the hour had come.
Extract from : « Micah Clarke » by Arthur Conan Doyle

Down at its bottom men shoveling coal to the clang of its gong.
Extract from : « The Harbor » by Ernest Poole

Bob jumped to his feet as if he had heard the clang of a fire bell.
Extract from : « Sure Pop and the Safety Scouts » by Roy Rutherford Bailey

From the hall came the clang of the elevator door and the sound of voices.
Extract from : « Cap'n Warren's Wards » by Joseph C. Lincoln

The clang reverberated through the tower like distant thunder.
Extract from : « The Woman-Haters » by Joseph C. Lincoln

The clang of hammer on anvil seemed to tear his ears; yet it drew him on too.
Extract from : « The Great Hunger » by Johan Bojer

Then it appeared in the doorway for a second, and the door swung to with a clang.
Extract from : « Tales of Unrest » by Joseph Conrad

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