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Get to know Clunking better with 2 real example sentences, the meaning and synonyms like clop or clumping.

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Clunking in a sentence

Related words

Clunking | Clunker | Clunk | Clunked

Clunking meaning

present participle and gerund of clunk

Synonyms of Clunking

clip-clop clippety-clop clop clopping clumping sound

Related words

Other words often associated with Clunking or its synonyms:

good fit plunk safe intelligent unsound undamaged healthy stable clunk dependable wholesome

Using Clunking

  • The main meaning on this page is: present participle and gerund of clunk
  • Useful related words include: clip-clop, clippety-clop, clop, clopping.
  • In the example corpus, clunking often appears in combinations such as: and clunking.

Context around Clunking

  • Average sentence length in these examples: 18.5 words
  • Position in the sentence: 0 start, 1 middle, 1 end
  • Sentence types: 2 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations

Often after:

behind 1×

Sentence patterns with Clunking

These short patterns come directly from the example sentences and show how the word is often embedded:

whirring and clunking behind the 1× whirring and clunking of the 1×

Sentence openings and endings

Common sentence openings:

he reflected on 1× it might look 1×

Common sentence endings:

beaming into you 1× behind the scenes 1×

Words around Clunking

Just before it in the word index:

clunkiness 4 clunkily 3 clunkier 2 clunker 6 clunked 2 clunk 4

Just after it in the word index:

clunky 99 cluny 32 clupea 3 clure 2 clurman 2 cluseret 2

Similar in corpus frequency:

aabc 4 aacr 4 aacsb 4 aadar 4 aadk 4 aadujeevitham 4

Corpus analysis for Clunking

  • In this selection, "clunking" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 18.5 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
  • Around the word, behind stand out and add context to how "clunking" is used.
  • Recognizable usage signals include whirring and clunking behind the and whirring and clunking of the. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
  • By corpus frequency, "clunking" sits close to words such as aabc, aacr and aacsb, which helps place it inside the broader word index.

Example types with clunking

The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:

Short example sentences

It might look simple but there's a vast amount of whirring and clunking behind the scenes. (17 words)

He reflected on distracting himself from the “whirring and clunking of the machine, those life-prolonging rays beaming into you”. (20 words)

Longer example sentences

He reflected on distracting himself from the “whirring and clunking of the machine, those life-prolonging rays beaming into you”. (20 words)

It might look simple but there's a vast amount of whirring and clunking behind the scenes. (17 words)

Example sentences (2)

He reflected on distracting himself from the “whirring and clunking of the machine, those life-prolonging rays beaming into you”.

It might look simple but there's a vast amount of whirring and clunking behind the scenes.

Common combinations with clunking

These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:

Frequently asked questions

How do you use "clunking" in a sentence?
An example: "He reflected on distracting himself from the “whirring and clunking of the machine, those life-prolonging rays beaming into you”." This page contains 2 example sentences with the word "clunking" from authentic English texts.
What does "clunking" mean?
Clunking means: present participle and gerund of clunk
What are synonyms of "clunking"?
Common synonyms of "clunking" include: clip-clop, clippety-clop, clop, clopping, clumping, sound.
How many example sentences with "clunking" are there?
Voorbeeldzinnen.info contains 2 example sentences with "clunking", drawn from a database of millions of English sentences.