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Recent Examples of clattered
As David tried to control the flames, silverware clattered to the floor, and in an effort to save the flaming cake, Ann put it onto a wicker chair.
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Meredith Wilshere, PEOPLE, 27 Dec. 2025
Andy clattered up the hill through the brush and pulled to a halt.
—Bob Cary, Outdoor Life, 15 Oct. 2025
As Mathias Jensen’s 95th-minute strike clattered into the net, at once extinguishing Manchester United’s stuttering attempt to come back from two early goals down at Brentford on Saturday lunchtime, a lot of attention turned to the away dugout.
—Chris Weatherspoon, New York Times, 1 Oct. 2025
Mountains rose, the sun throwing soft light upon the carriage as the train clattered through one tunnel after another, beside ice-blue waterfalls frozen in their midst.
—The Editors, Outside, 31 Aug. 2025
But the top lot might be the notorious bell wall, which clattered incessantly to alert the servants to the desires and whims of their employers.
—Air Mail, 23 Aug. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for clattered
rattled
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Yoon’s decree and ensuing power vacuum plunged South Korea into political turmoil, halted the country’s high-level diplomacy and rattled its financial markets.—
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Today his company Paramount Skydance is suing WBD and its CEO, David Zaslav, after the company’s board rejected Paramount’s latest bid in favor of Netflix’s — the latest chapter in a saga that’s rattled the industry.—
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“Clattered.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/clattered. Accessed 20 Jan. 2026.
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