How to Use banger in a Sentence

banger

noun
  • He’s already dropped off a collection of new bangers since his release and in a wholly characteristic move, he’s given us some more.
    Kyle Denis, Billboard, 3 Oct. 2024
  • At the same time, with age comes not just wisdom but practicality, and with the latter surely comes a realization that an audience in Vegas is mostly there to hear bangers, not get lost in rue.
    Chris Willman, Variety, 21 Sep. 2024
  • To earn its keep on the menu, the Poo Driver had to be a banger.
    Shaina Loew-Banayan, Bon Appétit, 19 Sep. 2022
  • And in a just world, that would have been the slow-burning banger of 2020.
    Chris Willman, Variety, 3 May 2022
  • But, but, but: All three songs turned out to be bangers.
    Spencer Kornhaber, The Atlantic, 9 June 2017
  • Swedish House Mafia and The Weeknd's shimmering club banger brought in 54.05% of the vote.
    Ashley Iasimone, Billboard, 24 Oct. 2021
  • The four-banger let out a full-throated wail over 5,600 rpms that would wake the dead.
    Henry Payne, chicagotribune.com, 3 Dec. 2019
  • Xele This is a dance floor banger; the crowd always goes wild to this record.
    Danny Klein, SPIN, 22 Mar. 2023
  • The 23-year-old’s new album, Bloom, is bold, gay, and filled with bangers.
    Brennan Carley, GQ, 19 June 2018
  • More likely is the 1.5-liter gasoline four-banger found in the Yaris.
    Wired Staff, WIRED, 13 Oct. 2008
  • This marks the second time she's performed the 2017 banger on her tour.
    Emily Tannenbaum, Glamour, 19 June 2024
  • One thing is for sure: The region once known for bland bangers and mash is still on the up-and-up.
    Elise Taylor, Vogue, 3 Oct. 2017
  • Yes, there are some weird, wild creatures and one banger of a theme song.
    Bryan Alexander, USA TODAY, 4 July 2024
  • The video opens with Lopez singing the first few notes of the song — a lively, pop banger — in a recording booth.
    Tomás Mier, Rolling Stone, 18 Mar. 2022
  • Good bangers and mash at John Martin’s in Coral Gables.
    Michelle Kaufman, miamiherald, 31 May 2018
  • No one disputes that the main event is a surefire banger.
    Eric Walden, The Salt Lake Tribune, 29 July 2023
  • Not a big banger, but pins and seals men easily along the walls.
    Kyle Woodlief, USA TODAY, 28 June 2023
  • Ann Nesby lends her big voice to this banger that cuts right through me.
    Gordon Murray, Billboard, 17 Sep. 2020
  • In any case, Sheamus will be fit for a banger the next time he's featured in a match.
    Brian Mazique, Forbes, 4 Sep. 2024
  • Indeed, most girl bands from the same era would have killed to come straight out of the gate with such an 'us against the world' banger.
    Jon O'Brien, Billboard, 4 Nov. 2021
  • Best Buy is still offering this mild banger of a deal on the ninth-gen iPad from 2021.
    Cameron Faulkner, The Verge, 13 Jan. 2023
  • This one is more subdued, but there are a couple of bangers.
    Jon Dolan, Rolling Stone, 23 Jan. 2024
  • Corned beef and cabbage, bangers and mash, Scotch eggs, and Irish stew on the menu, along with drink specials.
    Michelle Jenkins, idahostatesman, 15 Mar. 2018
  • And there are bangers, which end with a small explosion.
    David Gutman, Anchorage Daily News, 18 Feb. 2020
  • This isn't the first time Minaj and Guetta have joined forces to create a banger.
    Alexa Shouneyia, Billboard, 5 May 2017
  • Four-bangers aren’t taking over the truck market right away.
    Matthew Jancer, Popular Mechanics, 21 June 2018
  • The award-winning banger by BTS has deserved a road trip scream-sing all this time.
    Samantha Olson, Seventeen, 22 Mar. 2023
  • Add a banger of a credits scene to the mix, and the MCU is finally cooking with gas again.
    Evan Romano, Men's Health, 24 Feb. 2022
  • The first Legendary skin Blizzard revealed for this event is kind of a banger.
    Kris Holt, Forbes, 12 Oct. 2021
  • Reneau is the low-post banger, emerging as the stretch-four of some future NBA team’s dreams.
    Gregg Doyel, The Indianapolis Star, 13 Jan. 2024

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