Read full poem →A hobbling, dirt-grimed drover guides
their clattering feet to death and shame.
Dictionary Entry
Making a loud, sharp noise, like hard objects falling or striking together.
In a Sentence
“The dishes were clattering loudly as they were washed in the sink.”
Origin
Middle English 'clateren', likely imitative of the sound.
Common Phrases
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Poetry examples for “clattering”
Excerpts from the ReadingWillow English Library collection.
Read full poem →In front? So it ends,
With your sword clattering down
On the ground. 'Tis amends
Read full poem →"'Twas two o'clock," said Herman Pointer,
"When I heard clattering hoofs go by."
Read full poem →A hobbling, dirt-grimed drover guides
their clattering feet to death and shame.
Read full poem →Unharnessed his horses from the plough,
And clattering came on horseback to King Olaf.
Read full poem →The wife of thirty years who served me well;
(Not like this beldam clattering in the kitchen,
That never trims a lamp nor sweeps the floor,
Read full poem →Pikes must shiver, javelins sing,
Blade with clattering buckler meet,
Hauberk crash, and helmet ring.