Clank is an English word with synonyms like clang or clash. Below you'll find 10+ example sentences showing how it's used in practice.
Clank meaning
A loud, hard sound of metal hitting metal.
Using Clank
- The main meaning on this page is: A loud, hard sound of metal hitting metal.
- Useful related words include: clang, clangor, clangour, clangoring.
- In the example corpus, clank often appears in combinations such as: ratchet clank, clank rift, and clank.
Context around Clank
- Average sentence length in these examples: 24.3 words
- Position in the sentence: 7 start, 7 middle, 5 end
- Sentence types: 19 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Clank
- In this selection, "clank" usually appears near the start of the sentence. The average example has 24.3 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, ratchet, frankel, rift, off and spider stand out and add context to how "clank" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include ratchet clank rift apart and behind ratchet clank sunset overdrive. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "clank" sits close to words such as aaditya, aardman and abbo, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with clank
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
They clank a lot of wine glasses. (7 words)
Clank will be fine, Ratchet, not so much. (8 words)
People clap and clank utensils across the country. (8 words)
Ottawa (5-0-6-6) had two shots clang off the crossbar early in the game and Ottawa captain Brianne Jenner had an open shot over a sprawled Frankel clank off the upright in the final half-minute of overtime. (40 words)
The hype around this game has been huge ever since it was announced, with Insomniac Games - the folks behind Ratchet & Clank, Sunset Overdrive, and the Resistance series - working with Marvel on bringing the web-slinger to the console. (38 words)
Starting with the first movie in 1977, the Lucasfilm effects team has worked magic with practical effects, creating worlds where the vehicles sputter and shake, the droids creak and clank, and the aliens cast imposing shadows. (36 words)
Example sentences (19)
As of today, the latest round of additions to the PS Plus Game Catalog have and include titles like Ratchet & Clank: Rift Apart, to name a few.
Ratchet and Clank: Rift Apart for PlayStation 5 is currently available at a discounted price of just $29 for a limited time on Amazon.
Ratchet & Clank: Rift Apart ended up being the perfect next platformer to take the latest generation of console by storm.
Ratchet & Clank: Rift Apart on PC is a near-perfect port of the fantastic PS5 game, giving those on PC the chance to experience its exciting action sequences, emotional character moments, and cutting-edge graphics.
Clank will be fine, Ratchet, not so much.
Ottawa (5-0-6-6) had two shots clang off the crossbar early in the game and Ottawa captain Brianne Jenner had an open shot over a sprawled Frankel clank off the upright in the final half-minute of overtime.
The fur on Ratchet, the reflections on Clank, and the alien worlds are all perfectly detailed and expressive in the same way a movie like are.
The selection includes plenty of hit titles like God of War, Horizon, Uncharted, Demon's Souls, Kingdom Hearts, Doom, Red Dead Redemption, Ratchet & Clank, Spider-Man, Final Fantasy and tons more.
He sweated out his early days at Blizzard Entertainment, working on games such as Diablo II, as well as Insomniac Games, where he worked on Resistance: Fall of Man and the original Ratchet & Clank.
People clap and clank utensils across the country.
Ratchet & Clank: Rift Apart is taking advantage of the PS5’s new SSD to power its impressive dimension-hopping gameplay, closing off the possibility of a PS4 release.
Starting with the first movie in 1977, the Lucasfilm effects team has worked magic with practical effects, creating worlds where the vehicles sputter and shake, the droids creak and clank, and the aliens cast imposing shadows.
They clank a lot of wine glasses.
This would potentially include games like Ratchet & Clank: Rift ApartHorizon Forbidden WestSackboy: A Big Adventure.
Unless Sony has a big surprise in store, it's unlikely that Ratchet & Clank: Rift Apart, and will instead be available at some point in 2021.
The clank of balls against empty bleachers resonated throughout the mostly empty ballpark.
The hype around this game has been huge ever since it was announced, with Insomniac Games - the folks behind Ratchet & Clank, Sunset Overdrive, and the Resistance series - working with Marvel on bringing the web-slinger to the console.
A hybrid platformer/shooter game from Insomniac Games called Ratchet & Clank further pushed the genre away from such gameplay, as did Universal Interactive Studios' rebooted Spyro trilogy.
It could also be played by shaking the instrument, allowing the tambourine's jingles to "clank" and "jingle".
Common combinations with clank
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts: