The clatter of iron wheels on cobblestones. From Wordnet, Princeton University.
It's like being at the Seneca Niagara Casino and hearing the coins clatter into the tray of a slot machine. From Wordnik.com. [The Buffalo News: Home] Reference
Dain let his sword clatter to the floor and ran to Moira. From Wordnik.com. [A Change of Seasons]
The clatter was a relief to Carol after months of smug houses. From Wordnik.com. [Main Street] Reference
She liked to admire his uniform, and to hear his sword clatter as he walked. From Wordnik.com. [The Hour and the Man, An Historical Romance] Reference
He stepped close up to her, made a rustling with the branches, and let his sword clatter, but she moved not. From Wordnik.com. [Undine] Reference
Explanations and moralising are usually sheer clatter. From Wordnik.com. [How to Tell Stories to Children, And Some Stories to Tell] Reference
Suddenly the clatter of hoofs was heard from the front. From Wordnik.com. [History of the Gatling Gun Detachment] Reference
Once again the clatter stirred her out of a sound sleep. From Wordnik.com. [Taken In] Reference
Laughter, the clatter of dishes, the jangle of silverware. From Wordnik.com. [Revolutionaries] Reference
One night the blind fell from the window with a great clatter. From Wordnik.com. [The readers' room: what you thought of G2 this week . . .] Reference
I heard a clatter of crockery, a rustling of silk my wife mad?. From Wordnik.com. [The French Immortals Series — Complete] Reference
Just then the boards came and were thrown off with a great clatter. From Wordnik.com. [The Widow O'Callaghan's Boys] Reference
The clatter reverberates throughout the valley like a bowling strike. From Wordnik.com. [Assumption] Reference
He would listen to the clatter and talk from the boats but he was peaceful. From Wordnik.com. [The Man who was followed by butterflies] Reference
As I did so, someone rushed into the outer office with a din and a clatter. From Wordnik.com. [The Beetle] Reference
Tom listened and heard a faint clatter of hoofs, growing louder and louder. From Wordnik.com. [Tom of the Raiders] Reference
Overhead was the continuous clatter of C-130 transport planes and cargo helicopters. From Wordnik.com. [Light Near The End Of The Tunnel] Reference
The Captain dropped his sword with a clatter on the ground, breaking it into several pieces. From Wordnik.com. [Dorothy's Mystical Adventures in Oz] Reference
She smelled the bacon frying and heard the dishes clatter and gripped the folds of her dress. From Wordnik.com. [Lord of Autumn] Reference
It fell to the floor with a clatter asÜbel shook Fred by the lapels of his butler's uniform. From Wordnik.com. [FOR SCIENCE!] Reference
They felt punchy and responsive and there was no clatter, no smell, and no slow-motion takeoff. From Wordnik.com. [Clean diesel engines coming to a road, and track, near you] Reference
Our feet clatter to the scream of the samba; my ears ringing so I can hardly hear your ukulele. From Wordnik.com. [Orpheus Revisited] Reference
They move, move, move then clatter to a sudden stop, and it's clear no one went anywhere at all. From Wordnik.com. [Assorted Moments of Moral Ambiguity from the World of Gay Porn] Reference
Little by little, the items drawn from warm pockets meet the inside of the can with a clatter. From Wordnik.com. [The Mosaic Thief] Reference
Even the much-maligned tactic of "triangulation" was an effort to rise above the partisan clatter. From Wordnik.com. [Twilight of the Baby Boom] Reference
There was a clatter and a thumping on the stairs, for that bride, you know, had no silken slippers on. From Wordnik.com. [East O' the Sun and West O' the Moon] Reference
When baby was awake, the clatter provoked for its infantship's pleasure was noisome and deafening to all. From Wordnik.com. [The Doctor's Daughter] Reference
But suddenly the airbrakes were put on again and they slowed down with a good deal of clatter and bumping. From Wordnik.com. [Ruth Fielding at Snow Camp Or, Lost in the Backwoods] Reference
Outside the window sparrows twittered, -- a cat mewed, a dog barked -- there was the clatter of a milk can. From Wordnik.com. [The Beetle] Reference
Here was the paradox: sometimes the clatter of voices is soothing or energizing but other times it's grating. From Wordnik.com. [THE MIND OF AN INVENTOR] Reference
We landed in a basin at the north end of the Whale amid waves of dust and the clatter of powerful propellers. From Wordnik.com. [Anaconda's End Game] Reference
Wild shouts, coarse laughter, the clash and clatter of armed men rushing in wild triumph through the fortress. From Wordnik.com. [Stories of the Saints by Candle-Light] Reference
The clatter of pistol fire precedes the wailing of family members and, hours later, the arrival of police sirens. From Wordnik.com. [Taking Aim At The City] Reference
I recall the reel unspooling with a clatter through the 16mm projector in that apartment with its curtains drawn. From Wordnik.com. [Watching Torture] Reference
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