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Significados de clunking em inglês

The sound of a horse's hoofs hitting on a hard surface.

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Examples for "clumping"
Examples for "clumping"
1
The boots passed his door, were already clumping up the next flight.
Zuleika Dobson; Or, An Oxford Love Story
2
Cowboy turned away and started walking, his boots clumping on the boardwalk.
Funland
3
My preferences are for jet black, non-clumping, non-flaking, and easy-to-apply lash enhancers.
The Irish Times
4
Hot pasta and cream pose a serious clumping issue if allowed to sit.
The Guardian
5
The knight of the plump thighs came first, clumping heavily down the stairs.
Look Back on Happiness
1
I heard the familiar sound of a vehicle, then the more familiar clip-clop.
Harvest Home
2
Once, I heard the clop-clop of a large horse behind me.
Future Lovecraft
3
I heard a clip clop coming along and the milkman singing.
The ginger man
4
With a great cloppitty-clop the column began to move, and Shasta breathed again.
The horse and his boy
5
She's wearing high-heeled mules that are, like, they go 'clop-clop' when she walks?
The Disposable Male
1
Maybe thirty seconds later, I heard the clopping of hooves on blacktop.
Summer knight
2
The clopping hooves seemed louder, with a lot of echo to them.
Conrad’s Fate
3
He turned at the sound of horses clopping by the shop window.
Another life
4
Deputy Ross crossed to them, his boot heels clip-clopping on the pavement.
Death angel
5
Some time later, we hear the clip-clopping of horses' hooves on the ramp.
WATER FOR ELEPHANT
1
In the distance my ear caught a familiar sound-theclip-clop of horses trotting.
Pushed and the Return Push
2
I heard the familiar sound of a vehicle, then the more familiar clip-clop.
Harvest Home
3
Its chirpy, clip-clop rhythm seemed so at odds with the subject.
The Irish Times
4
The distinct clip-clop of heavy footfalls resounded in the dining parlor.
The notorious scoundrel
5
The clip-clop of a horse belonged to the same ancient world of silence.
Travels With My Aunt
Uso de clunking em inglês
1
Dimly, the clunking procession faded toward the other end of the house.
James Potter and the Morrigan Web
2
Something made a clunking sound on the hardwood floor in Anna's room.
Heart-shaped box
3
Shortly the first of the clankers came clunking along, followed by the others.
Geomancer (Well of Echoes)
4
Towards the end, though, the script's balance is upset by two clunking scenes.
BBC
5
The empty space was filled with the heavy clunking of stone on stone.
The fifth servant
6
She heard boot soles clunking hurriedly up the stairs under her miniature chandalier.
Tokyo to Tijuana: Gabriele Departing America
7
Chairs clunking on the thick carpet as they were pulled back.
Small wars: a novel
8
He lights a cigarette, inhales, follows the girl, boots clunking on the cement.
Freaks and revelations
9
The gun slipped from Mr. Fitzwilliam's grip, clunking to the tile.
The strain
10
The real gold lies in the episodes of hypnotic factory clunking.
The Guardian
11
There was no clunking of machinery, and not a spot of oil in sight.
NS13 Zero Hour (2010)
12
Next to her, she heard a furious rustle of papers, followed by books clunking.
Nevermore
13
Just then an elevator car arrived, clunking to a stop.
Spitting off tall buildings
14
The ferrymen's boots clunking on the deck, and the water gurgling around the ferry.
The great hunt
15
It was the box that had made the clunking sound.
Full dark, no stars
16
It made a clunking noise, like there's a brick inside.
Geektastic
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