twang

Example Sentences

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Asked whether she had ever considered giving her character a Brummie twang, Ferguson said it was never on the cards.

From BBC

Side note: I’d wanted her to call the channel Knitty Gritty, but she broke my heart and went with Yarn Star because it sounded like “yarn store” spoken with a heavy Southern twang.

From Literature

Every nerve in my body was twanging like the “e” string on a fiddler’s fiddle.

From Literature

I noted just the faintest hint of a country twang.

From Literature

“Keep your eyes on Stan Kroenke,” the colorful Cowboys owner said in his familiar Arkansas twang, easing back in his desk chair.

From Los Angeles Times