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Recent Examples of twang
Hike to spot sturdy wild ponies, pedal along a rail-trail or two, or tap your toes to the twang of old-time fiddle music.
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Erin Gifford, Southern Living, 31 May 2025
The opening moments cement its tonal dissonance as, with a twang of Daniel Kowalski’s spare, uneasy score, a brief prologue with fire, a flailing figure and mutterings about Satan snaps to a far more banal view of an empty street lined with dim, shuttered houses under a low, gray sky.
—Jessica Kiang, Variety, 30 May 2025
With nearly two decades together as a band, these garage surf rockers bring a West Coast twang to their DIY, punk roots.
—Cerys Davies, Los Angeles Times, 6 Apr. 2025
The twang of a recurve bow echoes from the television speakers, and on screen, a man wearing camouflage ducks behind a clump of fir trees.
—Frederick Dreier, Outside Online, 11 June 2025
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Erin Gifford, Southern Living, 31 May 2025
The opening moments cement its tonal dissonance as, with a twang of Daniel Kowalski’s spare, uneasy score, a brief prologue with fire, a flailing figure and mutterings about Satan snaps to a far more banal view of an empty street lined with dim, shuttered houses under a low, gray sky.
—Jessica Kiang, Variety, 30 May 2025
With nearly two decades together as a band, these garage surf rockers bring a West Coast twang to their DIY, punk roots.
—Cerys Davies, Los Angeles Times, 6 Apr. 2025
The twang of a recurve bow echoes from the television speakers, and on screen, a man wearing camouflage ducks behind a clump of fir trees.
—Frederick Dreier, Outside Online, 11 June 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for twang
Noun
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In the face of this workaday jangle of strangeness and complexity, paranoia starts to seem like a perfectly rational response.—
Richard Brody,
New Yorker,
18 Apr. 2025
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The key organizer mutes the noise of key jangles and can keep keys in a tidy stack in a user’s preferred order.—
Mark Sparrow,
Forbes.com,
10 Apr. 2025
Noun
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The final dish is finished with fresh herbs for brightness and more peppers for that unmistakable tang.—
Mary Claire Britton,
Southern Living,
8 July 2025
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There’s a light tang in the sauce, great flavor in the cheese and a harmony among ingredients that shows real intention behind the food.—
Tristan Graziano,
Charlotte Observer,
16 June 2025
Noun
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Baby rattlesnakes don’t have rattles, and adult snakes’ rattles occasionally break off, according to the National Park Service.—
Hannah Poukish,
Sacbee.com,
29 June 2025
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Trains going into and out of the city’s main station rattle past its rooftop playground and restaurant.—
Lily Radziemski,
New York Times,
29 May 2025
Noun
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The water fountains are trickling; wind chimes tinkle and shimmer in the breeze, and the store’s seemingly endless lines of indoor and outdoor décor are available to celebrate each season and occasion.—
Emily M. Olson,
Hartford Courant,
19 June 2025
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Amid the tinkle of glassware and clang of cutlery, Saru Jayaraman, an L.A. attorney and president of One Fair Wage, a national coalition pushing to raise wages in the service sector, emphasized the urgency of addressing a steep increase in the cost of living.—
Suhauna Hussain,
Los Angeles Times,
3 June 2025
Noun
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Know Your Meme points out the Jet2holidays jingle was used in November 2024, with a TikTok video of out-of-control camels in a desert.—
Brittany Anas,
Forbes.com,
15 July 2025
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While Jet2 would like its customers to think of their advertisements as a sign that an awesome vacation to Malta is right around the corner, most people using the Jet2 advert jingle have gone for the exact opposite effect.—
Fran Hoepfner,
Vulture,
14 July 2025
Noun
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There’s no rush here, just salty air, slow weekends, and the soft clink of champagne glasses at sunset.—
Staff report,
Hartford Courant,
9 July 2025
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Particles and blur and the muffled clink and thump of the paddleboard.—
Leanne Shapton,
Harpers Magazine,
18 June 2025
Noun
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The only chink in his armor was Mickey Moniak’s two-out solo homer in the third.—
Patrick Saunders,
Denver Post,
20 July 2025
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One thing current Arsenal manager Mikel Arteta has been stressing to his players since becoming increasingly hamstrung by injuries is the need to stick together and delve deep into their reserves of resilience to find a chink of light amid the gloom that sits where their best scorers once roamed.—
Amy Lawrence,
The Athletic,
13 Feb. 2025
Noun
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Amid grills cooking savory barbecue, bubbles blowing from an ice cream truck, face painting and peals of laughter from kids in a nearby bouncy house, Justine Mosely Stephens was struggling not to tear up.—
Darcel Rockett,
Chicago Tribune,
6 July 2025
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Amal wore a strapless white Tamara Ralph Haute Couture gown which was draped in peals from top to bottom, with some wrapped around her arms below the shoulder.—
Lori A Bashian,
FOXNews.com,
14 June 2025
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“Twang.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/twang. Accessed 29 Jul. 2025.
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