gong

Example Sentences

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The box-office hit has already secured Timothée best actor gongs at the Critics' Choice Awards and Golden Globes, and he is expected to continue his success at the Bafta Film Awards on Sunday.

From BBC

More than 1,150 people received gongs in the latest list, which is decided by an honours committee.

From Barron's

“Eureka!” she cried, and then clapped her hand over her mouth, for the word rang through the hall like a gong.

From Literature

Danger feels suspended in the soft-blue light, in which the lion’s tail and the round, silvery moon, balanced just-so, are poised like a raised mallet and gong.

From The Wall Street Journal

I wasn’t watching movies thinking I was gong to make movies.

From Los Angeles Times