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Recent Examples of twang
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
The twang of country music may be the sound that most evokes the feeling that the spring season has finally arrived.
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Christopher Arnott,
Hartford Courant,
4 Apr. 2026
This adds a little extra twang to the acoustic and electric guitars.
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Mark Knapp,
PC Magazine,
1 Apr. 2026
Jagged sheets of tension and dissonance from Reichard and Masri get swept up in the mellow simplicity of her bending chords, and every twinge and twang brings a rush of feeling.
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H.d. Angel,
Pitchfork,
4 Mar. 2026
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Jason P. Frank,
Vulture,
11 May 2026
The twang of country music may be the sound that most evokes the feeling that the spring season has finally arrived.
—
Christopher Arnott,
Hartford Courant,
4 Apr. 2026
This adds a little extra twang to the acoustic and electric guitars.
—
Mark Knapp,
PC Magazine,
1 Apr. 2026
Jagged sheets of tension and dissonance from Reichard and Masri get swept up in the mellow simplicity of her bending chords, and every twinge and twang brings a rush of feeling.
—
H.d. Angel,
Pitchfork,
4 Mar. 2026
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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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Vinegar, sugar, and spices give these pickles their classic sweet tang.
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The buttermilk tang from the ranch seasoning packet is what transforms plain chicken tenders into something delightful that the whole family will love.
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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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That amounts to a chink in the Padres’ armor.
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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 3 Jul. 2026.
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