CLATTER in a Sentence
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72 example sentences for CLATTER, such as:
1. Her cup clattered in the saucer.
2. It would make a magnificent clatter.
3. From beneath it came the clatter of musketry.
4. Pots and pans were clattering in the kitchen.
5. The metal basin clattered down the stone stairs.
2. It would make a magnificent clatter.
3. From beneath it came the clatter of musketry.
4. Pots and pans were clattering in the kitchen.
5. The metal basin clattered down the stone stairs.
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Meanings and Examples of CLATTER
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clatter
n. a rattling noise (often produced by rapid movement)
v. make a rattling sound
Classic Sentence: (65 in 5 pages)
1 Prissy was off with a clatter and Scarlett watched her hurrying down the street, going faster than she had ever dreamed the worthless child could move.
2 It was almost out of her reach and she jerked at it so impatiently the nails came out of the wood, and the curtains, pole and all, fell to the floor with a clatter.
3 She threw a wrapper about her gown and went hastily out into the dark hall, her backless slippers making a great clatter in the stillness.
4 For a long time Mammy strained her sharp ears but she could distinguish nothing except the clatter of silver on china, and the muffled soft tones of Melanie's voice.
5 Lily sat quiet, leaning to the fire: the clatter of cups behind her soothed her as familiar noises hush a child whom silence has kept wakeful.
6 The clatter was a relief to Carol after months of smug houses.
7 It would make a magnificent clatter.
8 The night telegraph-operator at the railroad station was the most melodramatic figure in town: awake at three in the morning, alone in a room hectic with clatter of the telegraph key.
9 The sewing-machine made a resounding clatter in the room; it was of a ponderous, by-gone make.
10 She went up in the mornings to Madame Lebrun's room, braving the clatter of the old sewing-machine.
11 The crash and clatter were what she wanted to hear.
12 They listened, breathless, when she told them the house in Esplanade Street was crowded with workmen, hammering, nailing, sawing, and filling the place with clatter.
13 At last he heard from along the road at the foot of the hill the clatter of a horse's galloping hoofs.
14 From beneath it came the clatter of musketry.
15 Everything seemed to be listening to the crackle and clatter and earthshaking thunder.
Example Sentence:
1 The boys stopped their clatter when the teacher came into the classroom.
2 The clatter came from the kitchen where pans were being washed.
3 Don't clatter the dishes - you'll wake the baby up.
4 Pots and pans were clattering in the kitchen.
5 Her cup clattered in the saucer.
6 His hand went limp and the knife clattered to the ground.
7 The metal basin clattered down the stone stairs.