clangour
Britishnoun
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a loud resonant often-repeated noise
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an uproar
verb
Other Word Forms
- clangorous adjective
- clangorously adverb
Etymology
Origin of clangour
C16: from Latin clangor a noise, from clangere to clang
Example Sentences
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It comes as a welcome relief to find someone brave enough to suggest that with all its clamor and clangour there is possibly a word to be said for New York City.
From Time Magazine Archive
When the look-out man struck four bells, the sound seemed to wound like a sword-cut, so sharp and unnatural was its clangour.
From The Log of a Sea-Waif Being Recollections of the First Four Years of My Sea Life by Bullen, Frank T.
A new mob had a minute before burst from the eastward into the Rue St. Honor�; and the roar of its thousand voices swelled louder than the importunate clangour of the bells.
From Historical Romances: Under the Red Robe, Count Hannibal, A Gentleman of France by Weyman, Stanley J.
The words had scarce passed his lips, when a loud clangour reverberated upon the air.
From Afloat in the Forest A Voyage among the Tree-Tops by Reid, Mayne
A clangour of trumpets wakes the echoes of the corridors.
From My Lords of Strogue, Vol. I (of III) A Chronicle of Ireland, from the Convention to the Union by Wingfield, Lewis
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