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

The percussion on “2 Hard 4 the Radio” bangs and jumps where so much of the record crawls, and his fleet verse recalls the cadence of his 2018 hit “Nice for What.”

From The Wall Street Journal • May 19, 2026

Resident Faye Sturgess said: "Being a farming community, we're used to hearing bangs from scaring the rabbits in the fields, but this was like nothing I've ever heard."

From BBC • May 10, 2026

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

From Slate • May 9, 2026

The noise is deafening, and my jawbone bangs rhythmically on the iron edging.

From "Water for Elephants" by Sara Gruen