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Recent Examples of twang
But with this new one, the country thing — the sound of the fiddle and the twang in the voice — is kind of restrained and folded into a broader musical vision.
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Chris Willman, Variety, 12 Sep. 2025
Built from a set of notes left on her desk, this posthumous work lends itself particularly well to narrator Julianne Moore’s delicate twang.
—Audiofile Magazine
august 29, Literary Hub, 29 Aug. 2025
Carpenter sings about it on this track with a twang to her voice and a fiddle in the mix.
—Rebecca Alter, Vulture, 29 Aug. 2025
For example, anything associated with Pimp C and Trill Entertainment, especially Boosie on Bad Azz talking about his preacher grandfather, mustard greens, and his $40,000 Dodge Charger in his bluesy twang.
—Alphonse Pierre, Pitchfork, 28 Aug. 2025
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Chris Willman, Variety, 12 Sep. 2025
Built from a set of notes left on her desk, this posthumous work lends itself particularly well to narrator Julianne Moore’s delicate twang.
—Audiofile Magazine
august 29, Literary Hub, 29 Aug. 2025
Carpenter sings about it on this track with a twang to her voice and a fiddle in the mix.
—Rebecca Alter, Vulture, 29 Aug. 2025
For example, anything associated with Pimp C and Trill Entertainment, especially Boosie on Bad Azz talking about his preacher grandfather, mustard greens, and his $40,000 Dodge Charger in his bluesy twang.
—Alphonse Pierre, Pitchfork, 28 Aug. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for twang
Noun
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Formed in 1980 in Birmingham, England, Felt released ten albums—one for every year of the decade—of delicately dreamy jangle, with Lawrence singing alternately poetic and funny-sad lyrics in a one-note speak-sing drone.—
Simon Reynolds,
Pitchfork,
26 Nov. 2025
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Linda endures a cosmic round of stress, matched by the movie’s hectic jangle of moods and its use of closeups of the overburdened protagonist, whose confines grow smaller as her troubles grow bigger and her fury mounts—a recipe for explosion.—
Richard Brody,
New Yorker,
25 Sep. 2025
Noun
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Inspired by retro relish trays, this easy cheese spread is highly addictive thanks to the slight tang and brightness from marinated artichoke hearts and smokiness from the gouda.—
Ginger Crichton,
Midwest Living,
5 Jan. 2026
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Pita chips add extra crunch, and feta brings the tang.—
Lizzy Briskin,
Better Homes & Gardens,
4 Jan. 2026
Noun
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The gift basket included items such as a rattle, books, swaddles, and a blanket, along with other essentials for new parents.—
Daniel I. Dorfman,
Chicago Tribune,
5 Jan. 2026
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Silver engraving, masks, totem poles, rattles, prints.—
Kerry Breen,
CBS News,
16 Dec. 2025
Noun
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Sometimes, in the deep winter quiet, a piano tinkles in Kelley’s Saloon, and the spirits dance to ghostly music.—
Emilee Coblentz,
Outside,
16 Oct. 2025
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From the moment that Jerry Goldsmith’s piano tinkles caress the opening bars of his score while stars float past the frame, anyone with a soul knows that this is not your average IP cash-in.—
David Ehrlich,
IndieWire,
20 Aug. 2025
Noun
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Today's kids can't even sing the jingles.—
Brenton Blanchet,
PEOPLE,
6 Jan. 2026
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This holiday season, that catchy and unforgettable jingle will be ringing in our heads once more as Toys ‘R’ Us expands its reach just in time for Santa’s elves.—
Sarah Scott,
Parents,
24 Nov. 2025
Noun
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At Stitch Club Atlanta's monthly gatherings, and weekly stitch nights at local needlepoint stores, needles click, glasses clink and conversations flow as dozens of women — and even a few pets — settle in for an evening of stitching, snacks and connection.—
Alexa Liacko,
CBS News,
23 Nov. 2025
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Behind the glass doors of an unassuming building in Manhattan, staring across a shuttered print shop, a shadowy world stirred, coming alive with the flick of cards, the muted clink of glasses and the quiet hum of a dangerous secret.—
Alaa Elassar,
CNN Money,
27 Oct. 2025
Noun
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In this suffocating atmosphere, people were looking for any chink in the wall, any possibility at all of stopping the war.—
The Dial,
The Dial,
2 Dec. 2025
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Does the bazaar allow for chinks in the kind of class barriers that would usually exist?—
Cressida Leyshon,
New Yorker,
23 Nov. 2025
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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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As two peals of thunder cracked overhead, all live television feeds from the site went dead.—
Miami Herald Archives,
Miami Herald,
9 May 2025
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“Twang.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/twang. Accessed 11 Jan. 2026.
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