Clicked

Examples

• The something that I had noticed before, clicked in the man's throat again, and he turned his back. Charles Dickens. Great Expectations.
• The telephone clicked, and Archer, turning from the photographs, unhooked the transmitter at his elbow. Edith Wharton. The Age of Innocence.
• The lock clicked. Edgar Rice Burroughs. The Gods of Mars.
• Then a key clicked in a lock, and I heard the rustle of papers. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Return of Sherlock Holmes.
• The clock ticked, the fire clicked; not another sound had been heard in the room or in the house for I don't know how long. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
• Something clicked in his throat as if he had works in him like a clock, and was going to strike. Charles Dickens. Great Expectations.
• The pistol clicked empty and I put in another clip. Ernest Hemingway. A Farewell To Arms.
• The elevator passed three floors with a click each time, then clicked and stopped. Ernest Hemingway. A Farewell To Arms.

Edited by Antony