Their daughterin-law, also in the boat, heard what she said was a 'metallic sound'.

A team of miners' sons, the metallic sound of their studs on what once had been grass.

It made a clicking, metallic sound.

There was a loud metallic sound in the stern and the boat went into a spin.

The only drawback for traditionalists was that the strings had a harsh metallic sound which was considered inelegant.