How to Use clash in a Sentence

clash

1 of 2 verb
Definition of clashnext
Synonyms for clashnext
  • The sofa and the chair clash.
  • She ended the song by clashing the cymbals.
  • Police and protesters clashed yesterday.
  • But Pence and Trump could clash again in the courtroom.
    — Ben Kamisar, NBC News, 3 Aug. 2023
  • With about 100 people on each side, the groups clashed throughout the day.
    — Teri Figueroa, San Diego Union-Tribune, 1 Jan. 2024
  • That would have clashed with Putin’s rhetoric of a unified country.
    — Joshua Yaffa, The New Yorker, 16 Mar. 2024
  • This isn’t the first instance of the two companies clashing in court.
    — Mia Sato, The Verge, 14 Dec. 2023
  • The Chinese and British clashed over territory for the next few decades.
    — Matt Benoit, Discover Magazine, 4 Oct. 2023
  • That worldview is clashing with plans to open an iron ore mine outside Jokkmokk.
    — Erika Page, The Christian Science Monitor, 2 Feb. 2024
  • The two governors clashed on major issues, with 2024 in the background.
    — Will McDuffie, ABC News, 30 Nov. 2023
  • The pads constantly clashing could be heard up in Erieau, Ontario.
    — Irie Harris, cleveland, 11 Sep. 2023
  • Alabama and Georgia ― winners of the league the past season ― will clash for just the third time in the regular season in the past 15 years.
    — Erick Smith, USA TODAY, 14 June 2023
  • As the moon and Venus clash, a romantic interest is fleeting at best!
    — USA TODAY, 15 Mar. 2024
  • The spontaneity of Aries may also clash with Taurus’ desire to stick to a routine.
    — Catherine Santino, Peoplemag, 18 Mar. 2024
  • The soft velvet blue upholstery on the chair brings in a cooler touch without clashing.
    — Hadley Mendelsohn, House Beautiful, 27 June 2023
  • In private, the two have clashed in a series of phone calls — the last of which was a month ago — but Mr. Biden has been reluctant to publicly split with Mr. Netanyahu.
    — Peter Baker, New York Times, 15 Mar. 2024
  • The two sides have also clashed over a minimum wage for coalition workers.
    — Emily Alpert Reyes, Los Angeles Times, 4 Oct. 2023
  • That year, things took a dark turn when party-goers and police clashed in the street, leading to more than 100 arrests and dozens of injuries.
    — Brianne Tracy, Peoplemag, 17 Oct. 2023
  • The Houthis have clashed with southern factions in recent weeks, and some observers worry the two-year cease-fire may be fraying.
    — Robert F. Worth, The Atlantic, 5 Mar. 2024
  • The work ends with a rising series of clashing chords, landing on a cheerful B-flat triad.
    — Christian Hertzog, San Diego Union-Tribune, 9 Oct. 2023
  • In such an intense space, dishes fall apart, egos clash, and bodies collide.
    — Shirley Li, The Atlantic, 22 June 2023
  • In recent months, Starbucks and the union have publicly clashed over a host of issues, including the Israel-Hamas war.
    — Max Zahn, ABC News, 6 Nov. 2023
  • Israel and Hamas have clashed repeatedly in the strip since the militant group seized power there in 2007.
    — Daniel Byman and Seth G. Jones, Foreign Affairs, 14 Oct. 2023
  • Some people are resistant to her message, which can clash with the escapism of fiction.
    — Dessa Kuritz, San Diego Union-Tribune, 14 July 2023
  • Several of those states have since clashed in court with the NCAA over who has the authority to regulate those deals.
    — Hannah Schoenbaum, Fortune, 2 Mar. 2024
  • Members of the Teamsters clashed with UPS over pay as profits for the delivery company soared.
    — Robert Higgs, cleveland, 25 July 2023
  • The new season will also see high emotions as some patients clash with the life-saving advice Nowzaradan has to offer.
    — Vanessa Etienne, Peoplemag, 5 Feb. 2024
  • The drama is set to intensify over the next two weeks as House 2 and House 3 continue to clash with the other contestants.
    — Keryn Donnelly, refinery29.com, 19 Sep. 2023
  • What’s important, though, is to stay out of conflicts that really don’t concern you when others clash near the 21st.
    — Katharine Merlin, Town & Country, 16 May 2023
  • Noel Gallagher has once again taken a brief respite from clashing with his brother to poke fun at another target: The 1975.
    — Daniel Kreps, Rolling Stone, 3 June 2023
Advertisement

clash

2 of 2 noun
  • Hundreds were killed in ethnic clashes in the region last month.
  • In the clash that followed, one man died and scores were injured.
    — Hannah Wiley, Los Angeles Times, 4 Jan. 2024
  • The moon’s clash with Mars inclines you to put your desires first.
    — USA TODAY, 10 May 2023
  • The police, worried about a clash, paused the eviction.
    — Jack Nicas Maria Magdalena Arréllaga, New York Times, 30 Apr. 2023
  • None of which means that the two sides are certain to avoid a climactic clash.
    — Peter Baker, New York Times, 5 Apr. 2024
  • That’s a clash of the titans that should equal ratings heaven.
    — Clayton Davis, Variety, 9 Nov. 2023
  • Waxahachie advances to face No. 3 Rockwall in the area round for a clash of two of the area’s top-five 6A teams.
    — Lia Assimakopoulos, Dallas News, 30 Apr. 2023
  • Where the warm and cold air clash, there will be the risk for severe thunderstorms and heavy rainfall.
    — Kathryn Prociv, NBC News, 26 Feb. 2024
  • Over 200 rangers have been killed, often in clashes with armed groups.
    — Declan Walsh Arlette Bashizi, New York Times, 17 Dec. 2023
  • The energy in your social circle is dicey as the moon clashes with Mars.
    — USA TODAY, 1 June 2023
  • Then, last week, at least 20 people died when clashes broke out after a man was stabbed.
    — Carlos Mureithi, The Christian Science Monitor, 14 June 2023
  • At one point, she got caught in the middle of a clash between inmates and jailers and wound up caught in a cell filled with pepper spray.
    — Amy Yurkanin | Ayurkanin@al.com, al, 4 Aug. 2023
  • One big question remaining is will Trump show up for the opening clash?
    — Bill Glauber, Journal Sentinel, 2 June 2023
  • The day brought both joyous scenes and violent clashes.
    — Sammy Westfall, Washington Post, 1 May 2023
  • After years of sporadic clashes between the two sides, the Second Karabakh War began in 2020.
    — Christian Edwards, CNN, 20 Sep. 2023
  • The battle for the bunker in Avdiivka, in eastern Ukraine, was only a small part of one of dozens of clashes raging along a 600-mile front.
    — Marc Santora, New York Times, 24 Mar. 2024
  • But at the same time, another clash is happening -- one using tweets and shares.
    — Desiree Adib, ABC News, 24 Nov. 2023
  • Amid the clashes Saturday night, several of the Colombians shared a video pleading for their lives.
    — Evens Sanon and Pierre-Richard Luxama, USA TODAY, 4 Mar. 2024
  • One of the fighters was killed in clashes with the Israeli army along Lebanon's southern border Sunday, Hezbollah said.
    — Summer Said, WSJ, 13 Nov. 2023
  • Already there have been small clashes across Israel's border with Lebanon.
    — Shannon K. Crawford, ABC News, 18 Oct. 2023
  • Glover and Erskine are best known for their comedy work, and there’s a lot of sly humor to be found in the emotional clashes between the two.
    — Alan Sepinwall, Rolling Stone, 1 Feb. 2024
  • But Black and Fraction are confident that their story is a human one, grounded in a new take on the films that go beyond the clashes fans have come to love.
    — Abbey White, The Hollywood Reporter, 18 Nov. 2023
  • Hungary has faced reprimands from the European Union over its policies, which courts have ruled clash with EU law.
    — Adam Shaw, Fox News, 25 Sep. 2023
  • Perun was determined to avoid a direct clash with those soldiers.
    — Luke Mogelson, The New Yorker, 8 Apr. 2024
  • In a clash with the French and German authorities, Ms. Gilot was arrested, briefly detained and put under watch.
    — Alan Riding, New York Times, 6 June 2023
  • This boundary can lead to the development of severe thunderstorms and tornadoes when the moist, warm air clashes with the dry, cool air.
    — David Montesino, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 26 Feb. 2024
  • The calls sparked further clashes between the separatists and the Indian government, which claimed many lives.
    — Rhea Mogul, CNN, 6 Oct. 2023
  • Sunday’s clash was one of the worst since Kosovo declared independence from Serbia in 2008.
    — Dusan Stojanovic, The Christian Science Monitor, 26 Sep. 2023
  • Like the first iteration, Cold War II is at its core an ideological clash over the future of the global order.
    — Daniel Twining, National Review, 23 Jan. 2024
  • You're torn between conflicting desires as the moon clashes with Mercury.
    — USA TODAY, 3 Aug. 2023

Some of these examples are programmatically compiled from various online sources to illustrate current usage of the word 'clash.' Any opinions expressed in the examples do not represent those of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback about these examples.

Last Updated: