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Recent Examples of twang
On April 18, the pair will release Send a Prayer My Way, their debut collaborative album full of country twang and storytelling.
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Larisha Paul, Rolling Stone, 29 Jan. 2025
Replace the North Carolina twang with a deep New York accent.
—Joe Rexrode, New York Times, 28 Mar. 2025
The actress's Australian twang allowed Fineman to showcase her best accent chops.
—Ryan Coleman, EW.com, 17 Feb. 2025
Other Brother Darryl is a hushed, meditative folk rock band full of harmonies and twang — not the kind of music that succeeds at the Rock & Roll Rumble, Boston’s annual battle of the bands/local music festival.
—Jed Gottlieb, Boston Herald, 16 Feb. 2025
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Larisha Paul, Rolling Stone, 29 Jan. 2025
Replace the North Carolina twang with a deep New York accent.
—Joe Rexrode, New York Times, 28 Mar. 2025
The actress's Australian twang allowed Fineman to showcase her best accent chops.
—Ryan Coleman, EW.com, 17 Feb. 2025
Other Brother Darryl is a hushed, meditative folk rock band full of harmonies and twang — not the kind of music that succeeds at the Rock & Roll Rumble, Boston’s annual battle of the bands/local music festival.
—Jed Gottlieb, Boston Herald, 16 Feb. 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 miso ranch seeps into the egg, only recognizable as a slight tang that’s detectable in select bites.—
Jenn Harris,
Los Angeles Times,
28 Apr. 2025
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Just don’t forgo the citrus finish—these noodles need their tang.—
The Bon Appétit Staff,
Bon Appetit Magazine,
4 Apr. 2025
Noun
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Cannes Market This wouldn’t be the first saber rattle from Trump that doesn’t come to pass as first mooted.—
Andreas Wiseman,
Deadline,
5 May 2025
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On Tuesday, not so much, the Lakers showing their clear dominance in every area backed by a legendarily springtime loud home crowd that annually shakes, rattles and rolls.—
Bill Plaschke,
Los Angeles Times,
23 Apr. 2025
Noun
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Now, new research suggests urination may function in a similar way: Captive chimpanzees that saw their peers peeing were more likely to take a tinkle themselves.—
Sarah Kuta,
Smithsonian Magazine,
21 Jan. 2025
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The door chime at their floral and gift shop tinkles every few minutes as another customer and friend comes in to collect their $10 bows.—
Trevor Hughes,
USA TODAY,
12 Sep. 2024
Noun
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This is maximalism for the wrists, and the jingle is the soundtrack.—
Ruhama Wolle,
Glamour,
26 Mar. 2025
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Trend #7: Catchy jingles and theme songs for product videos are easier to produce.—
Elaine Pofeldt,
Forbes.com,
22 Apr. 2025
Noun
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The low hum of jazz drifts through the air, mingling with warm lighting and the quiet clink of glasses.—
Kate Hardcastle,
Forbes,
2 Mar. 2025
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In the coastal towns, surfers line the golden sand beaches and tuk-tuks zip along twisting roads, their horns blending with the rhythmic clink of fishmongers’ knives and the sizzle of hoppers frying in street stalls.—
Christine Chitnis,
Vogue,
8 Jan. 2025
Noun
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Confidence drained as the hosts’ goals went in, before a chink of light in the closing stages of the first period.—
Beren Cross,
The Athletic,
16 Mar. 2025
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The veteran torched them for 32 a month prior and sensed the chinks in their armor.—
Danny Emerman,
The Mercury News,
21 Feb. 2025
Noun
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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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Instead, fans turned the nasty weather into a party, cheering louder at every peal of thunder.—
Greg Cote,
Miami Herald,
4 Mar. 2025
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“Twang.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/twang. Accessed 25 May. 2025.
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