twang

Example Sentences

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A Midwestern twang is "a very feet on the ground, back in the heels of your boots type of accent", she said.

From Barron's • Mar. 5, 2026

With his country twang and aw-shucks mannerisms belying a keen intellect, Will Rogers was the lasso-roping star of vaudeville and the Broadway stage.

From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 7, 2025

And the album concludes with “Night Gang,” which returns to the high-desert guitar twang found earlier and combines with a hazy suggestion of a reggae beat and dramatic rushes of synth.

From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 28, 2025

"I'd say it's a desert aesthetic with a soul vocal. Like a Tarantino soundtrack or a Nancy Sinatra album – the twang of the guitars, the sultriness of the production."

From BBC • Oct. 22, 2025

"It seems to me,” he continued in his flat New England twang, "that all you do is pick up a brick, put some mortar on it, and put it in the fireplace.”

From "Cheaper by the Dozen" by Frank B. Gilbreth Jr. and Ernestine Gilbreth Carey