Tikibu: pronunciation dictionary with use examples

Word: clashing
IPA transcription: [kl'æʃɪŋ]
adverb meaning of the word
  • Synonyms: clashing
    Meaning: sharply and harshly discordant; "clashing interests of loggers and conservationists"; "clashing colors"
Usage examples
  • Nevertheless the rocks, ceaselessly clashing, shore off as she passed the extreme end of the stern-ornament.
  • When she went to her foul steerage bunk at last, between the clashing engines, it was not to sleep, but only to wait for the morning, and, waiting, grieve.
  • "The roaring of the wheels has filled my ears, The clashing and the clamor shut me in, Myself, my soul, in chaos disappears, I cannot think or feel amid the din."
  • And the eddying current held her between the clashing rocks; and on each side they shook and thundered; and the ship's timbers were held fast. Then Athena with her left hand thrust back one mighty rock and with her right pushed the ship through; and she, like a winged arrow, sped through the air.