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    1. from the lights and the chirpy clatter of bars and restaurants


    2. There seemed a deepening of the chill in the air as she climbed up and out of the town, as though the imminence of winter was more profoundly announced away from the lights and the chirpy clatter of bars and restaurants


    3. for the corrugated clatter of ladle heads on bars


    4. He allowed himself to imagine one of those elaborate shorting-out scenes like in ancient movies where the robot becomes encased in blue plasma with arcs of lighting all around them until their parts clatter to the floor, smoking


    5. So, instead of creeping about I took a deep breath and bellowed out his name into the nearest hovel which caused a rattled flock of partridges to explode and clatter into the air right in front of my face almost knocking me over in their escape


    6. “Welcome to Warrior’s Hold!” shouted Tarak above the clatter of the slowing carriage


    7. There is a sudden clatter which makes us all jump – Treacle has jumped over the fence and come to join us


    8. The clatter of dishes carried towards them on the air, a faint odour of something hot evidence that Sheila was cooking


    9. It was while she was cleaning her teeth in the bathroom, her mind busy with mentally sorting out what they could take and what they would have to leave behind, that she had heard the doors to the sitting room clatter


    10. ” The clatter they had been making ceased

    11. Desperately, he fought to maintain his grip on the orchid blade, but it slipped from his limp grip, falling with a clatter to the field of grey stones that was their chosen fighting grounds


    12. Alan got more scrapes scrambling thru the hole and heard the spung of another dart as he swung over, knocking the top of the tank over into the shop with a loud clatter, but maybe no additional damage


    13. In a flurry of clatter and commotion, Captain Husim barged onto his bridge and stopped suddenly as his eyes took in the image filling his screen


    14. Most of the girls are out in the hallway, and there is a clatter of “Hi Jimmy


    15. The donkeys" hooves clopped over the sparkling stones making a loud clatter


    16. “Why?” I exclaimed, placing my cup on the table with a resounding clatter


    17. Always though you could hear the tramping of boots, the rattle of curb chains, the creak of harness and the clatter and rumble of wheels that never stopped day or night


    18. The bookmaster heard the clatter of a wagon and pony hooves


    19. The din of the storm was overwhelming them, and the added clatter of swords only made it worse


    20. The helicopter flew over the stand of trees again with a clatter of whirling blades

    21. "Our people all went over to Holland, where the Dutch folk live and the little Dutch children clatter about with their wooden


    22. The helicopter took off with a clatter and Gonzalez walked over to the car


    23. Shrugging, Lyra began to put the clothes back, but as she did, something fell from one of the pockets, landing on the wooden floor with a clatter


    24. The clatter of the phone piece being hung up


    25. However, at eight o’clock, as Stuart knew from bitter experience, the bin men turned up with a great clatter of bins


    26. It was Hilderich and nothing more, awaking with a clatter and a show that Amonas had never thought possible even more so in their current circumstances, without even a blanket in hand


    27. As he stood upright with his senses on the edge waiting for the next sign of impending disaster, he could feel his teeth clatter upon each other involuntarily


    28. The scarcity of rubber tires during the war had caused most vehicles, both motorized and those pulled by draft animals, to be fitted with iron-rimmed wheels, and their clatter on the city’s cobblestone streets was at times deafening


    29. His knives clatter to the floor, or bounce off the wall


    30. Then, despite the clatter of forks and the roar of hundreds of conversations all around me, I rest my head on the table and fall asleep

    31. Uriah and Zeke are there, throwing pebbles off the roof and listening for the clatter when they hit the windows


    32. Wilson, was getting supper, there was a clatter of dishes--an angry clatter, for Norman Douglas had just had a quarrel with Mrs


    33. Uriah died only days after Tris, but Zeke and Hana said their good-byes just weeks afterward, scattering his ashes in the chasm, amid the clatter of all their friends and family


    34. He dropped the lance and it landed with a clatter


    35. At length we heard the clatter of a large number of horses arriving


    36. The men left with a clatter, nearly knocking the table over in their haste


    37. She was interrupted by the clatter of hooves in the yard


    38. But he could clearly hear the gentle clatter of rain outside, as the clouds were dispersing & a soft cool breeze blew


    39. Jesse looked away as the clatter drew near before chrome yellow heels stood in front of her


    40. The other two shadows disappeared amid a clatter of dropped swords

    41. Ralph can’t fight it for long; it burns him up and he fall backwards against the table, displacing a jug and a plate that fall with a clatter to the stone flooring


    42. Then in the middle of the screams and terror, she heard it: the clatter and fizz of what must surely be the mind-cane falling to the floor


    43. He heard the roar of the creatures rising and then the clatter of claws on rock


    44. From outside, he could hear the noise of cattle and horses, the rise and fall of voices and the clatter of armour


    45. the swish and clatter of the sailing, but the more I listened, the


    46. the creaking of the ship; a clatter of noises one moment, silence


    47. mechanism clatter, he stopped moving


    48. into his body, and could imagine the dull clatter of his bones


    49. The temple tattoos were now clearly visible on the back of his neck, burning red with magic as he waited by the door for the clatter of soldiers coming up the stairs


    50. But the sounds—the curses, shouts and screams, the clash and clatter of weapons, the groans and cries of the wounded—those were, she feared, imprinted on her brain, and what her eyes missed her imagination freely supplied














































    1. Her chopsticks clattered on the table


    2. Coachman Yarbeem waved the kedas out smartly and they clattered away


    3. Abruptly, he gave the table such a thump the bottles rattled and one clattered and rolled onto the floor


    4. The wind was howling again for all the drowned sailors, overturning chairs and tables, clattering things that clattered


    5. The King’s Wood clattered as he tossed it to the floor


    6. It clinked and clattered onto the rocks, falling into a crevice


    7. The first dish clattered to the floor as she knocked it off the table


    8. She was moving again, reaching for dishes until another one clattered to the floor


    9. It clattered as it hit the floor


    10. When the hoofs clattered upon the stone bridge, hurriedly south, no man of Saparen was witness

    11. The silver panel clattered to the ground, exposing a circuit board of optronic nodes and fibre optic channels


    12. That left me and Bert as the tram rattled and clattered its way over the tracks and crossways but it was not long before my stop was coming up but Bert stayed put


    13. The tray clattered to the floor and the soup splattered in a wide arc


    14. Six spears whistled above them and bounced harmlessly off of the wall behind them, one entered the tunnel and clattered to stop out of sight


    15. Saldon’s sword clattered to the floor, distracting the beast for a moment, Manna leapt forward to guard the man as he leapt to retrieve his weapon and Halon knocked and loosed off two arrows into the demon’s neck, forcing him to recoil slightly as the arrowheads pierced his skin


    16. Then birds there were in plenty, parrots of large size, a few aasvogels or vultures also clattered affrighted through the trees, leaving their meal off some dead creature in the bush


    17. The lantern clattered to the ground


    18. The shovel head clattered onto the platform, leaving Amaranthe with a broken stick


    19. Jeff drew rein as he clattered into the courtyard


    20. a woollen case clattered at his feet

    21. As the mower propelled me along the shed floor at an ever-increasing speed, I was vaguely aware of strange, violet coloured lights flashing passed overhead, and when it mounted a line of grow-bags, the blades clattered into life, cropping neat strips from my hair, until I ended up looking like some seventies punk star


    22. His mobile clattered onto the path and he dropped forward onto his hands and knees, moaning loudly


    23. The beetle clattered open its wing cases, pointing with one of its thin, diaphanous wings


    24. They were fascinated by its bzz-bzz-bzz performance as it clicked and clattered out a seemingly endless message from some HQ up the line, judging by the prefix


    25. The teletype machine clattered


    26. Clive’s hard black shoes clattered on the steps as they rounded a corner


    27. Once Madame Macziewskie had clattered off down the stairs, they opened their suitcases and removed their money and the extra forged documents


    28. Instantly, the shield closed, and Wayfarer’s intruding docking-shoot clattered to the Cloud’s floor, severed cleanly


    29. hurtling through the open space and clattered noisily against the


    30. With a rattle, the phone clattered down the back of the booth

    31. Green fire roared in his ears, and the bodies of the long-dead skeletons shone in the eerie light and clattered like rock on rock with every movement


    32. When he was sure they had gone, he dropped the cane so it clattered down onto the floor


    33. The pistol clattered across the roof


    34. The chains clattered loudly as he kept shaking his arms and legs


    35. Many arrows clattered around him


    36. When Thomas was done, he dropped the knife, which clattered onto the stone floor and stepped away


    37. long shot clattered down among them


    38. Henrick clattered his shield, hoping the sound would quickly draw Titus in to their trap; he coughed with the smoke as his eyes scanned the doorway looking for any traps or an ambush


    39. As the liberty party clattered through he blocked the gap with spears—he, Brian and Sheila taking positions behind with arrows nocked


    40. She staggered into the darkness trying to take in the dark surroundings and advertently kicked an empty horse harness which went crashing down the internal slope into a deep shaft, the attached chain clattered loudly as it followed the harness down

    41. The other two turned and attacked together, one was swiftly disarmed and his sword clattered across the yard with his hand still tightly holding its grip


    42. They clattered on the wood deck as they fell


    43. With a savage twist, Nem’s sword was wrested from his hand and it clattered to the floor


    44. The stones clattered onto the table and Nem pushed the wrapped stone aside from the others


    45. A growling tractor clattered into the farmyard, towing a trailer behind it


    46. The skeletons clattered excitedly


    47. They saw me from across the cafeteria and clattered their teeth


    48. Luke's sword spun out of his hands and clattered to the rocks


    49. It clattered across the icy marble


    50. Sure enough, the sword clattered out of my hand











































    1. It was too dark to see how much skin she lost, their clattering claws on the dry gravel told her which way was west


    2. The three of men, Danton, the gaoler and the guard, swept down the landing towards the far door, their mistimed triumvirate steps clattering out a chaos of irregular rhythms


    3. of conversations across the grass, catching noise and clattering glass,


    4. After what seems like an eternity, the ggs’ hooves start clattering on the cobbles of the streets


    5. hear clattering coming from the largest of the caves, so he took


    6. Berndt heads straight for a wayhouse called ‘The Bright Stars’, ducking his head as he rides Adamant under the archway leading into the stable yard, the gg’s hooves clattering on the cobbles of the yard


    7. The wind was howling again for all the drowned sailors, overturning chairs and tables, clattering things that clattered


    8. Suddenly there was a loud WOOSH sound and the shell fragments fell away clattering on the stone floor


    9. It was a noisy place full of clattering gambling machines


    10. There were still plenty of streetcars clattering along in both directions and the road was still in pretty good shape

    11. The sound of clattering dishes followed, making a clunking sound, as they were set


    12. Doc was clattering dishes on the table and playing football with the pieces of the broken stereo at the same time


    13. I looked around for the bulletin board and found it between two of the noisiest, clattering washing machines ever built by man


    14. Maldynado’s helmet hit the ground, clattering as it bounced several feet


    15. I took the stairs without slowing, my feet clattering down them as fast as I could force my sluggish, wasted muscles to respond


    16. As they sat waiting, they could hear the old lady clattering around in the next room, and after a few minutes, Helga rose and pushed through the swinging door to the kitchen, asking if she might be of help


    17. He drops to his knees, his gun clattering to the ground


    18. Clattering and screaming and various cacophonies of battle could be heard


    19. His entire armory rose with them, with a collective clattering and din of metal,


    20. Cloud tossed it into the gap, clattering against thin walls of

    21. She heard a yelp, followed by a clattering and banging as the person went tumbling back down the steps


    22. clattering in the whispering wind, the resonance broken only by


    23. In spite of my fear I started to slip into unconsciousness, when the noise of the knife clattering on to the floor woke me once


    24. Amid the wild clattering of hooves, a rain of loose stones pelted the pursuers


    25. Nuke had been listening when Marjie and I talked about the gray’s activities and said, “You mentioned the noises you have been hearing in your home (pots and pans clattering, footsteps, doors closing, etc


    26. Suddenly her head jerked backwards as a throwing knife whistled past her nose through the three inch opening, clattering harmlessly against the wall behind


    27. The clattering of weapons being thrown to the ground filled the night as the other men resentfully followed his example


    28. Another shot roared out, followed again by clattering metal


    29. The second elevator was opening, and I heard an unmistakable sound—the clattering of skeleton teeth


    30. I heard the clattering, hissing sounds of skeletons as they came closer

    31. A hissing, clattering noise I recognized all too well


    32. I sat at the table while he made tea, clattering cups, spilling water, dumping a packet of biscuits on the table and himself on a chair


    33. My teeth were clattering so hard I feared they’d shatter


    34. McFife"s irritable descent was followed by the young woman"s clattering heels


    35. The sound of clattering and clanking announced the return of the jesterfish


    36. her eyes against the downpour and shivered, her teeth clattering


    37. She ran as fast as she could, clattering down a maze of corridors in shoes not made for the task


    38. Inside, now, he jogged forward, the heels of his expensive shoes clattering on the polished marble


    39. The clattering and howling of the alarms throughout the factory were by now producing an intolerable din


    40. The second acolyte, in falling, struck the horn with his elbow and knocked it clattering over the parapet to shatter on the rocks far below

    41. At such headlong speed had Conan covered the ground that before the clattering echoes of that fall had died away, he was hacking at the door


    42. The babel of a myriad tongues smote on the Cimmerian's ears as the restless pattern of the Zamboula streets weaved about him—cleft now and then by a squad of clattering horsemen, the tall, supple warriors of Turan, with dark hawk-faces, clinking metal and curved swords


    43. It had listened to the bible reading, the sermon, the monotone hymns and songs, and even the clattering of footsteps in the queue during communion


    44. Inside, he could hear glasses clinking around, plates clattering, and paper being wrapped around food


    45. With all his might, he pushed the vagrant back, causing him to fall into the empty chairs near the calculus girls, breaking off wooden legs, clattering them to the ground along with the bum


    46. ” she responded, and soon enough feet would be heard clattering down the tiled hallway for her to pick up the new prisoner


    47. seconds before they fell into a bloody heap, the RPG tube clattering to the ground


    48. Carla thought the general hubbub and conversation filling the tearoom, the constant clattering of china and cutlery, and vibrating window panes from the traffic, would be an eavesdropper’s nightmare


    49. Then they caught her scent and whinnied, clattering shoes against the hard red earth,


    50. The gun fell, clattering to one side, and












































    1. a woman, clatters through the debris of a kitchen,


    2. His printer clatters to itself


    3. The gun clatters to the ground


    4. He draws it out again and it clatters to the ground and I should hope that he is dead but I’m selfish so I can’t


    5. The black box clatters to the ground, but by the time I open my eyes, it has disappeared


    6. An explosion sounded to the right of the shelter the boy had come out of, bricks rattling to the street with soft clatters, a massive, smoking hole in the wall of the home as the whine of the pulse cannon on the robot's arm sounding as it charged, ready for another firing


    7. She clatters her saucepans with an energy very like fury, and grows wholly monosyllabic


    8. In the morning the Germans run him through a second, more laconic spell of questioning while a typist clatters away in the corner


    9. Her breath clatters in and out


    10. Without warning, Anna jumps to her feet, pushing her chair back—it clatters onto the kitchen floor, startling their daughter

    11. He cries out in pain and the gun clatters to the concrete floor


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    Synonyms for "clatter"

    clatter brattle clack noise crash rattle clank clang bang din clamour clash reverberate shatter

    "clatter" definitions

    a rattling noise (often produced by rapid movement)


    make a rattling sound