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Recent Examples of twangAlso Read The Best EPs of 2024 Over more than 30 years in Nashville, Urban has proved to be anything but a twang purist.—Stephen Deusner, SPIN, 23 Dec. 2024 Steel guitarist Mike Johnson ladled a spiritual twang onto the cut during an overdub session at Blackbird Studio, perpetuating the players’ overall musical mission.—Tom Roland, Billboard, 3 Dec. 2024 Country's crossover year: Beyoncé led a cadre of pop megastars who flirted with country twang this year.—Adam Tamburin, Axios, 23 Dec. 2024 The poignant delivery was paired with Baker’s skilful twangs on banjo and Torres’ talents on the guitar.—Jessica Lynch, Billboard, 11 Dec. 2024 See all Example Sentences for twang
Then it all gets tossed with Parmesan for a salty tang.
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Melissa Clark,
New York Times,
22 Jan. 2025
The tang of Zing Zang transports me to the crowded confines of my grandmother’s wet bar, where the adults mixed batches of Bloody Mary’s as family slowly trickled in on Christmas Day.
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Elizabeth Hutchison Hicklin,
Southern Living,
22 Dec. 2024
The pressurized rattle of a hose spigot warns of imminent disaster.
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Madison Bloom,
Pitchfork,
17 Jan. 2025
This includes everything parents could need for their little one, including bottles, a bottle warmer, cribs, rattles, strollers, special tubs, toiletries, and more.
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.
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Trevor Hughes,
USA TODAY,
12 Sep. 2024
On our first evening the piano bar—resplendent in gold Thai silks, with tiger orchids blooming across the green carpet—was filled with laughter, the glug-glug-glug of Champagne pouring, and the tinkle of keys.
The latest currency, the world’s newest, came with pomp and fanfare — promotional catchy jingles and songs played repeatedly on public radio, television and online.
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Farai Mutsaka,
Los Angeles Times,
31 Dec. 2024
So is Marie Watt’s (b. 1967; Seneca) text jingle blanket.
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.
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Christine Chitnis,
Vogue,
8 Jan. 2025
When given a shake, the piece emits echoing clinks evocative of rushing water.
The chinks in the armor are most pronounced in the brief glimpses of Hao’s home life; his wife is a lifestyle coach for women and domestic conversations tend to arc towards tense gender essentialism.
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J. Kim Murphy,
Variety,
24 Jan. 2025
However, some chinks in the armor have been exposed, and Johns failed to claim the No. 1 spot in either Men’s Singles or Men’s Doubles at the end of 2024.
Within hours of arriving, what sounded like a distant peal of thunder rolled in—in this case, the rumble of a harmless, but still awe-inspiring, small-scale avalanche.
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