Dictionary Entry

clanging

To strike (objects) together so as to produce a clang.

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Common Phrases

. clangingcymbal clangingbells clangingbell clangingsound clangingagainst clangingclanging bellclanging bells

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Poetry examples for “clanging”

Excerpts from the ReadingWillow English Library collection.

The clanging brass to golden-pealed,
And for her sight the black earth spurts

By the twanging,
And the clanging,
How the danger ebbs and flows;

By the twanging
And the clanging,
How the danger ebbs and flows;

And a watch-fire on the hill-top scattering sparks;
And an eagle clanging his wings on a cloud-wrapped promontory:
Now the leaven must be stirred,

Seize the loud, vociferous bells, and
Clashing, clanging, to the pavement
Hurl them from their windy tower!

Grey pillar of the Indian sky,
Where saw’st thou last in clanging flight
Our wingèd dogs of Victory?

Grey pillar of the Indian sky,
Where saw’st thou last in clanging flight
Our wingèd dogs of Victory?

Man with all his pow’rs you scorn;
Swiftly seek, on clanging wings,
Other lakes and other springs;

Here the green-purple clanging royal night,
And the straight lines and silent walls of town,

But only dreary winter streets, and faces
Of people moving in loud clanging places:
And I in my loneliness, longing for you...