13 example sentences using clunk.
Clunk used in a sentence
Clunk in a sentence as a noun
A CV joint might clunk or grind before it fails.
Now this doesn't mean SQL is perfect, I get that, in a lot of cases it is clunk or worse.
There's a reason every stereo ever made goes -clunk- when you push the 'on' button.
Same for me. Nginx does everything Apache does, only with a little less clunk.
The clock has a really satisfying mechanical whirr and clunk.
Nowadays when I see a braces around single line if I get that "oh that's clunky code" feeling in my stomach.
Given indentation,they are redundant most of the times and they just contribute in clunk.
Clunk in a sentence as a verb
And the reassuring clunk of the car door is as much to get you into a calm frame of mind before driving as anything.
However, when I have to drop down to just plain-old-java, I'm reminded of how verbose and clunky the language is.
"You can be brave", "there's nothing to worry about" do not work, because even brave people feel fear and there are things to worry about; those big clunk noises.
I can't come up with any other reason why the passenger side wheel has an inch or so of play side to side when it's jacked up, or why it clunks when I turn left.
Maybe it's just the sharp corners and the clunk of a physical keyboard snapping into place, but it feels larger and heavier than an iPhone, and certainly larger and heavier than it has to be.
It's not like the orbitals are legos which you just clunk together to form the atom -- "stick in 4s^2 and you get conductivity, and throw in a 2p^5 for that nice deep red color".The detailed set of rules that give these results is called quantum mechanics.