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Recent Examples of twang
Ray’s voice filled the room, quick and precise, with a Hoosier twang.
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Adeline Goss,
New Yorker,
11 June 2026
River clapped his hands over his mouth in gleeful horror at the sour twang.
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Literary Hub,
5 June 2026
Firm if slightly sweaty handshake notwithstanding, there’s a gentleness to Root; old-school manners, slender shoulders and a reedy Sheffield twang.
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James Wallace,
New York Times,
22 May 2026
In 2026, this new series will do the same thing but with a big-haired Texan twang.
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Jason P. Frank,
Vulture,
11 May 2026
See All Example Sentences for twang
Adeline Goss,
New Yorker,
11 June 2026
River clapped his hands over his mouth in gleeful horror at the sour twang.
—
Literary Hub,
5 June 2026
Firm if slightly sweaty handshake notwithstanding, there’s a gentleness to Root; old-school manners, slender shoulders and a reedy Sheffield twang.
—
James Wallace,
New York Times,
22 May 2026
In 2026, this new series will do the same thing but with a big-haired Texan twang.
—
Jason P. Frank,
Vulture,
11 May 2026
See All Example Sentences for twang
Recent Examples of Synonyms for twang
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Better, perhaps, to have the power to choose who can see you—a jangle of chains, a nod, a hanky, a flick of the wrist.
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By 1996, every band with a guitar felt the pressure to crank its amps as loud as possible, and even indie pop fans heard the clean jangle of prior years give way to the distorted crunch and Psychocandy worship of bands like Black Tambourine and Henry’s Dress.
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The drink is bubbly and crisp, with that familiar tang, reminiscent of apple cider vinegar, that’s common in most kombucha varieties.
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The tang of the sauce was eye-widening and immediate, crackling with the bright, citrusy charge of tomatillos and serrano chiles.
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Pygmy Rattlesnakes are small and colorful, around 15 to 20 inches in length, with a vertical pupil, thin tail, and tiny rattle.
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Elsewhere in the snippet of the music video, Latto could be seen walking around a white crib and viewing a scrapbook featuring a page with a rattle and dummy and a positive ClearBlue pregnancy test placed on top.
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Periodically a mandolin tinkles, or maybe a fiddle swoops in as if from a low-hanging cloud.
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Roberts doesn’t offer much empathy for the poor, diseased critter other than a pause when Ben momentarily ponders his reflection in a pool as Adrian Johnston’s eerie synth-piano score tinkles.
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World Cup games also play a specific jingle for the team that scores, giving them a moment to party after a goals.
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The artists will be fine, but the guys who do commercial music, film music, advertising music, jingles, and everything, they will be replaced.
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Or will the Carolina faithful clink their frothy skate mugs in celebration?
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Inside, coffee cups clink while servers weave through the crowded dining room at a pace that never seems to slow.
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With the electric motor filling every chink in the engine’s armor, the Bentley squats under throttle and rockets like a luxury locomotive.
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Perhaps the only chink in his impressive armor is his allegiance to the Boston Red Sox.
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Assuming the role of a human clapper, Holzinger struck its lip again and again, sending a sonorous peal across the Biennale grounds.
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Magaletti ventures a tentative introduction of brushes on snares; following the muted peal of distant thunder, upsammy chimes in with a plangent synthesizer sequence reminiscent of Arovane and other IDM producers from around the turn of the millennium.
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“Twang.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/twang. Accessed 5 Jul. 2026.
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