'clang' is an acceptable and usable word in written English.
It is used to refer to a loud, ringing noise, similar to the sound of metal striking metal. For example, "The clang of the bell echoed across the courtyard."
The film is far from explicit, but the unmistakable clang of the F-word was heard not once but twice, leaving the company with no alternative but to recall the whole batch.
Despite high re-offending rates among ex-convicts, many believe that what one calls "the clang of the prison gate" is the best deterrent.
In this urban "ballet" she played her own part by leaving her keys with Joe Cornacchia at the delicatessen, taking her rubbish out to the kerb ("my little clang") or simply watching, from the window, as everyone else went past.This picture formed her distinctive philosophy of cities, and her clarion-call against the 20th-century wreckers.
The clang of hammers and the growl of diggers reverberate throughout its streets.
David VandeLinde, Warwick's vice-chancellor, dislikes its seven-year cycle a shorter-term system, he says, would suit a "fast-changing world".In this section The clang of the gate Suite Anglaise A glimpse of the future Walking the line Thank you for the music Trouble in store Chronicle of a death foretold The right side of the argument ReprintsMinisters criticise its cost and bureaucracy.
Earlier books have described what Chaucer's London looked like; Mr Strohm makes it a place where people are shouting, hustling, grabbing you by the coat, asking "What's new?", while almost continually behind them carts thunder, horses clatter, and bells ring, peal, carillon, clang and toll.
That would represent an interesting milestone for China's economy, which is renowned for the hum of its assembly lines, the belch of its smokestacks and the clang of its construction sites.
(Some think her success was masterminded by Sony from the start).In this section The clang of the gate Suite Anglaise A glimpse of the future Walking the line Thank you for the music Trouble in store Chronicle of a death foretold The right side of the argument Reprints Related items The BBC: Walking the lineJun 22nd 2006On the face of it, Britain seems ill-suited to this new digital world.
BELLS clang and the cries begin.
Vessels tie up at quays where the clang of trolley cars blends with ships' horns.
On debut album Silence Yourself, released last month, the all-girl group reshape the brittle clang of late seventies post-punk, while also capturing that era's sense of disquiet and spikey aggression.
