How to Use twang in a Sentence

twang

noun
  • Don’t let the Texas twang in his speech fool you.
    — Barry Jackson, Miami Herald, 28 Dec. 2025
  • Dore and her bright Australian twang assuaged some of my guilt.
    — Marshall Heyman, Vulture, 21 Jan. 2022
  • Carpenter sings about it on this track with a twang to her voice and a fiddle in the mix.
    — Rebecca Alter, Vulture, 29 Aug. 2025
  • Way too much twang for my taste in both the sacred and secular carols.
    — Luis Melgar, Washington Post, 8 Dec. 2023
  • Think of last season’s coastal grandmother style, but with a western twang.
    — Emerson Latham, Better Homes & Gardens, 11 Apr. 2023
  • This adds a little extra twang to the acoustic and electric guitars.
    — Mark Knapp, PC Magazine, 1 Apr. 2026
  • But there’s presently a huge appetite for sturdy songwriting and singers with a twang.
    — James Sullivan, BostonGlobe.com, 6 Aug. 2023
  • She is given to folksy expressions and speaks with an unplaceable twang.
    — Alexandra Schwartz, The New Yorker, 27 Sep. 2021
  • Butler, who still speaks with an Elvis twang, grew up near Disneyland.
    — New York Times, 25 May 2022
  • And side dishes like macaroni and cheese shout with more of a southern drawl than a Texas twang.
    — Adrian Miller, Bon Appetit Magazine, 1 July 2026
  • The twang of the pilot’s Australian accent blows through the cabin.
    — Joseph Trinidad, Longreads, 16 June 2026
  • The twang of a banjo and the notes of a fiddle ride over scratchy percussion and call-and-response vocals.
    — Nikki Miller-Ka, AFAR Media, 30 Jan. 2026
  • In 2026, this new series will do the same thing but with a big-haired Texan twang.
    — Jason P. Frank, Vulture, 11 May 2026
  • Top has the kind of undeniably country twang that sounds readymade for boot-scootin’ honkytonkers like this.
    — Jessica Nicholson, Billboard, 24 July 2023
  • Now dripping in glam rock, Bowie swapped its twang for a twinkling guitar while keeping the choral chorus.
    — Allaire Nuss, EW.com, 17 June 2022
  • There might be a little less twang, but for the most part, Swift played it straight, recreating the songs note by note, strum by strum.
    — Emily Blake, Rolling Stone, 15 June 2021
  • The song is a waltz, heavy on strings and keyboard, with Flores almost screaming the refrain in his pained twang.
    — Josh Crutchmer, New York Times, 10 Apr. 2024
  • At 71, Strait’s proud Texas twang and earnest vocal delivery is still in fine form.
    — Jessica Nicholson, Billboard, 29 July 2023
  • The twang of country music may be the sound that most evokes the feeling that the spring season has finally arrived.
    — Christopher Arnott, Hartford Courant, 4 Apr. 2026
  • The twang of a guitar and the tale of a broken heart are in Nashville's DNA.
    — Margaret Littman, Condé Nast Traveler, 6 Dec. 2022
  • Frey, a third-generation rodeo gal, sings with a powerful dose of charismatic twang.
    — Jessica Nicholson, Billboard, 29 Jan. 2024
  • There are country songs, which are slower, melodic, as the ensemble sings along with a Southern twang.
    — Kate Armanini, BostonGlobe.com, 4 June 2023
  • Crutchfield, who seems a bit more trepidatious in unleashing her twang, anchors the record.
    — Carrie Battan, The New Yorker, 17 Oct. 2022
  • Steel strings twang with each pull from the metal rings — wearable guitar picks — adorning his right thumb, index and middle finger.
    — Stephanie Yang, Los Angeles Times, 1 Apr. 2024
  • On celluloid, it had been masked by the traditional mid-Atlantic twang.
    — K.j. Yossman, Variety, 23 Nov. 2023
  • The Newnan native always endeared with his combination of aw-shucks grins and warm twang of a voice.
    — Melissa Ruggieri, ajc, 31 Dec. 2020
  • Burnett gave the character a Texas twang, as a reference to her own thwarted mother.
    — Rachel Syme, New Yorker, 29 Sep. 2025
  • Nonetheless, Rucker connected with an amiable élan and a gentle twang from his six-man band.
    — Jon Bream, Star Tribune, 19 June 2021
  • Some fans may appreciate the audiobook read by the author with her distinctive twang.
    — Jon Bream, Star Tribune, 29 Nov. 2020
  • This one’s for those of us who had to get through bad high-school breakups with only the twang of Taylor Swift’s early lyrics to survive.
    — Zoe Haylock, Vulture, 21 May 2021

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