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Recent Examples of twang
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
As the song unfolds, their voices begin to braid together like twin strands of ivy—a Scottish lilt and a Montana twang—creeping across a hard stone wall of fuzzy grunge guitars.
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Liam Hess,
Vogue,
4 Feb. 2026
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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
As the song unfolds, their voices begin to braid together like twin strands of ivy—a Scottish lilt and a Montana twang—creeping across a hard stone wall of fuzzy grunge guitars.
—
Liam Hess,
Vogue,
4 Feb. 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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Orange and lime juice in the marinade add tang, while honey adds a touch of sweetness.
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These bacteria ferment milk sugar, or lactose, into flavor compounds and organic acids, which give the butter a mild tang and complex flavor.
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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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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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The familiar Kars4Kids jingle will continue playing across California for now after a state appeals court sided with the charity in its ongoing legal fight over the ads.
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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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In Parliament Square, the music was drowned out by the peals of Westminster Abbey.
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“Twang.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/twang. Accessed 25 Jun. 2026.
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