twang
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When he does speak, his words carry a faint Southern twang from his upbringing in Alabama.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 29, 2026
Marriott in Caracas is an unusual sound: Spanish spoken with a Texas twang.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 1, 2026
On the one hand, his vocal stylings are well-suited to affect a slightly country twang — by way of Liverpool, of course.
From Salon ● Apr. 24, 2026
Wearing cowboy boots and a handlebar mustache, he had a Texas twang and a quiet, calm presence that disarmed suspects, eliciting confessions.
From Slate ● Apr. 6, 2026
The twang of the guitar grows louder, and the echo lessens.
From "The Last Cuentista" by Donna Barba Higuera
It pounds along with the beat of drums and shakers, chords splashing on acoustic and electric guitars, accented with banjo twangs and the birdlike cries of various flutes.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 10, 2023
Vinegar is the last, vital touch, the sourness that twangs the nerve and startles the other flavors into focus.
From New York Times ● Feb. 16, 2022
In one section of one song, a low, industrial hum rumbles beneath occasional guitar twangs and incomprehensible mumbling voices.
From The Verge ● Feb. 18, 2021
The song ends with her catching her breath, surrounded by barking dogs and high bass twangs, summit scaled.
From The Guardian ● Dec. 18, 2020
Then came hooves and the twangs of bows, and arrows were suddenly falling amongst the Death Eaters, who broke ranks, shouting their surprise.
From "Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows" by J.K. Rowling
He added: "I ambitiously broke into a sprint, then that leg twanged and the other leg twanged and I knew something had gone seriously wrong with my hamstrings."
From BBC ● Jun. 5, 2023
With “Old Town Road,” Lil Nas X twanged country tropes over a trap beat, kicked off a yee-haw agenda and launched a pop career off the back of a novelty hit.
From Washington Post ● Sep. 26, 2022
All sorts of strings from the earlier book are picked up and braided, twanged or cauterized.
From New York Times ● Mar. 29, 2022
Palace appear to be without an out-and-out striker too - although that seems to be down to advanced tactical thinking rather than any hamstrings being twanged.
From The Guardian ● Nov. 8, 2015
The unearthly cry twanged the air again, but this time Razi wasn’t afraid.
From "The Boy Who Met a Whale" by Nizrana Farook
Over a pleasantly discordant score of dreamy electronic chords and twanging banjos, Matthew finds pencil marks charting his growth as a child while these parents fuss over their own new baby.
From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 13, 2025
Ball, who is remembered in a statue in the Lancashire town of Lytham where he lived for more than 20 years, was famous for twanging his braces on stage, while saying: "Rock on, Tommy."
From BBC ● Oct. 14, 2022
What comes next is the kind of thing that works, as Jesús launches into the defiant tune “Born in Laredo,” driven by a twanging, sidewinding guitar.
From Washington Post ● Mar. 13, 2019
He is a high-mileage battering ram these days, those twanging hamstrings wrenched through four league title races across five hard seasons in Spain and England.
From The Guardian ● May 26, 2017
“I’ve got a musical message to deliver to ’Arry Potter in person,” he said, twanging his harp in a threatening sort of way.
From "Harry Potter And The Chamber Of Secrets" by J. K. Rowling
