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.