chain clanks
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The sound a metal chain makes when it moves or hits something.
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Examples (10)
- The heavy anchor chain clanked as it was lowered into the water.
- We could hear the prisoner's chains clanking down the stone corridor.
- Every time the dog moves, its chain clanks against the metal post.
- The ghost's chain is said to clank through the castle halls at midnight.
- A chain clanked loudly as it was suddenly dropped on the factory floor.
- The rusty chain on the old gate clanks whenever the wind blows.
- The drawbridge chain began to clank as the massive gate was raised.
- He tried to move silently, but the chain on his leg clanked with every step.
- The bike's chain clanked against the frame right before it fell off.
- In the eerie silence, a forgotten chain clanked against a metal pipe.