bang

Example Sentences

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"My family and I jumped out of our beds when we heard a loud bang," he said.

From Barron's • May 24, 2026

All the indications are that Maeda will leave Celtic this summer, exiting with a crash, a bang and a wallop.

From BBC • May 23, 2026

The big bang theory may have triumphed among most cosmologists, but the persistence of unanswered questions—what came before that explosive moment? could our universe be one of many?—leaves plenty of room for speculation and dissent.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 19, 2026

That suggests shoppers didn’t got less bang for their buck.

From MarketWatch • May 14, 2026

To understand the big bang, physicists must marry quantum theory with relativity.

From "Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea" by Charles Seife