bang
Example Sentences
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A guy and a girl sit squashed next to each other on its bench, laughing as they bang on it, pretending like they know what they’re doing.
From Literature
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"They didn't get much bang for their buck," he says, adding that he "suspects" whoever fired it "hit what they were aiming at".
From BBC
The second season of “Paradise” ended with a literal bang.
From Los Angeles Times
As the sun sank, neighbors began banging spoons on metal pots from inside their homes, the subtle but unmistakable clank of government protests.
From Los Angeles Times
"I thought it would be fine as it didn't feel like anything more than a bang."
From BBC
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.