bang

Example Sentences

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A few days ago, he was jolted awake by a loud bang around 5:40 a.m., he said, adding that a nearby ship had thick smoke billowing from it.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 5, 2026

According to the affidavit, her nephew, William Robbins, who lived in the house, was in his bedroom that night when he heard a loud bang.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 1, 2026

Those launches are almost as impressive in flight, surging into space with an enormous bang and rising at the speed of a bullet.

From BBC • Apr. 1, 2026

A local farmer told AFP news agency that he had heard a loud bang before the Hercules crashed into trees near his home.

From BBC • Mar. 24, 2026

However, if there is enough mass—galaxies, galaxy clusters, and unseen dark matter—the initial push given by the big bang wouldn’t be enough to allow the balloon to inflate forever.

From "Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea" by Charles Seife