bangs

Example Sentences

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The president was sitting on the dais in a cavernous ballroom when several distant bangs were heard around 8:30 p.m.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 26, 2026

"Woken by huge bangs and wailing siren," he texted.

From BBC • Mar. 1, 2026

An AFP journalist in such a zone in The Hague reported loud bangs until around 3am.

From Barron's • Jan. 1, 2026

"I just heard two or three bangs go off, but I thought it was fireworks," he told BBC Newsbeat.

From BBC • Dec. 15, 2025

She bangs on the door, and I feel the pounding in my back.

From "Isaiah Dunn Is My Hero" by Kelly J. Baptist