How to Use gong in a Sentence

gong

noun
  • They sounded a gong to summon us to dinner.
  • The hands are 18-karat rose gold to match the case (and gongs).
    — Carol Besler, Robb Report, 1 Sep. 2023
  • The team cheered as Bell grabbed the mallet and tapped the gong.
    — Bobby Nightengale, The Enquirer, 26 Sep. 2020
  • The three of us started our run to a gong, not a starting gun.
    — Olivia Parker, New York Times, 25 Feb. 2020
  • This class will be a little more qui gong and a little less tai chi.
    — Hannah Kirby, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 16 Apr. 2018
  • The consensus is gong to be shocked at how strong demand is for oil.
    — James Osborne, Houston Chronicle, 3 Oct. 2019
  • Taylor Swift swept up the most awards, taking home four gongs.
    — K.j. Yossman, Variety, 29 Feb. 2024
  • The sound baths include an opening tone as well as the sound of a gong, hum or singing bowls.
    — Elizabeth Wallace, CNN Underscored, 18 Mar. 2021
  • Those somber words from Luck shook Wolfe like a gong banged in warning.
    — Mark Kiszla, The Denver Post, 26 Oct. 2019
  • At its core is a gong, the engine of the artist’s journey back to wellness.
    — Globe Staff, BostonGlobe.com, 25 May 2023
  • There’s also a gong bash target near the middle right of the playfield.
    — Louryn Strampe, Wired News, 15 Apr. 2025
  • Even rarer these days is a repeater that does not show its gongs and hammers on the dial side.
    — Carol Besler, Forbes.com, 8 Sep. 2025
  • Explore a variety of unique sake and shots, then bang the gong while drinking sake bombs with friends.
    — Robin Soslow, Chron, 18 Feb. 2023
  • Like the gong of a bell or the deep tone of a ship’s horn, the sound would be a rich single note cutting through the dry air.
    — Tribune News Service, Hartford Courant, 3 May 2024
  • The dog then throws the bowl onto the woman's head, which creates a loud gong sound before the clip ends.
    — Jonathan Granoff, Newsweek, 29 Jan. 2025
  • People are invited to bring a yoga mat and soak in the rich sounds of gongs and crystal bowls.
    — Daily Pilot, 5 Oct. 2019
  • If police or released inmates arrived, the truck driver was to bang the rim like a gong.
    — The New Yorker, 19 Feb. 2021
  • The good ones, the ones with medals on the line, were met with what can only be described as an ominous beating gong.
    — Dana O’Neil, CNN Money, 18 Feb. 2026
  • The patents are for its crystal gongs, trébuchet hammers, and a silence gap suppression, to name a few.
    — Paige Reddinger, Robb Report, 3 May 2025
  • Each new look in the 30-piece collection was announced by the solemn tone of a gong ringing.
    — Colleen Barry, Star Tribune, 25 Sep. 2020
  • It’s been a very difficult year with a lot of stuff gong on so he’s been great for us all over not just on the ice, but off the ice as well.
    — Ross McKeon, San Francisco Chronicle, 7 May 2021
  • The blade of a huge circular saw that was abandoned by a tree poacher in the forest was turned into a gong.
    — Burkhard Bilger, The New Yorker, 27 Mar. 2023
  • There are a golden figurine, flowers, incense, a gong, and a large book from which the senior monk reads and chants.
    — Klara Glowczewska, Town & Country, 8 June 2023
  • Some resembled the woody clunk of knuckles rapping on a door; others, the soft ringing of a gong.
    — Katherine J. Wu, The Atlantic, 29 June 2021
  • The film also picked up the best male actor gong for Pouria Rahimi Sam.
    — Naman Ramachandran, Variety, 29 Nov. 2023
  • Lorde, Foo Fighters and Kendrick Lamar also walked away with gongs.
    — Houston Chronicle, 2 May 2018
  • The Buddha was seated on a platform and beside it there was a gong and a singing bowl and some incense.
    — Amy Gamerman, WSJ, 22 June 2022
  • The whole campaign for the mayor’s office and the two districts that are up for elections is gong to be about the library.
    — J. Harry Jones, sandiegouniontribune.com, 26 Aug. 2017
  • As in the past, there's a big gong on stage, allowing the judges to eliminate a contest with one swing of a mallet.
    — Mary Colurso, AL.com, 20 July 2017
  • With your chocolate cake comes a special gong song from the eeZ team that ends with the person of honor hitting the gong.
    — Alexandra Maloney, Charlotte Observer, 1 July 2024

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