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Recent Examples of twang
Casaubonian in his learning and drive but without the tragic vanity, he was born in Pittsburgh in 1933 and raised in New York, inheriting from his Texan parents a pride in the Lone Star State, along with a lingering twang.
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Manvir Singh, New Yorker, 13 Oct. 2025
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.
—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
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Manvir Singh, New Yorker, 13 Oct. 2025
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.
—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
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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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Its shrill, unmistakable jangle could penetrate through any distraction.—
Sarena Neyman,
Christian Science Monitor,
17 Oct. 2025
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Sour cream makes this classic cake extra moist and adds a hint of tang to every sweet bite.—
Kimberly Holland,
Southern Living,
3 Feb. 2026
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Whether stirred into stews, folded into pancakes, or whisked into salad dressings, kimchi adds depth, tang, and savory heat to all kinds of dishes.—
Christina Chaey,
Bon Appetit Magazine,
1 Feb. 2026
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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
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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.—
Amy Nicholson,
Los Angeles Times,
9 Jan. 2026
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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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In the years following his appearance on The Ellen DeGeneres Show, Puth worked for DeGeneres' eleveneleven label, released a couple of promotional singles, and collaborated on other music, including jingles and theme songs for YouTube personalities.—
Marina Johnson,
IndyStar,
8 Feb. 2026
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In the years following his appearance on The Ellen DeGeneres Show, Puth worked for DeGeneres' eleveneleven label, released a couple of promotional singles, and collaborated on other music, including jingles and theme songs for YouTube personalities.—
Jenna Prestininzi,
Freep.com,
6 Feb. 2026
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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
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But this recent run has exposed a chink in Arsenal’s psychological armour.—
James McNicholas,
New York Times,
26 Jan. 2026
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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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This last part seemed to be a joke, eliciting a peal of laughter from his wife.—
Natasha O'Neill,
Vanity Fair,
3 Feb. 2026
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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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“Twang.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/twang. Accessed 12 Feb. 2026.
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