bangs

Example Sentences

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Videos posted on Facebook from Long Beach also showed flashes and bangs in neighborhoods, and the loud rotor of a helicopter overhead.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 6, 2026

But that picture has now been totally reversed, with three loud bangs.

From Slate • May 9, 2026

The president was sitting on the dais in a cavernous ballroom when several distant bangs were heard around 8:30 p.m.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 26, 2026

A Scottish man living in Dubai said his children asked "what the bangs were" after the UAE intercepted missiles from Iran.

From BBC • Mar. 1, 2026

He bangs the chair with the heels of his hands.

From "A High Five for Glenn Burke" by Phil Bildner