twang

Example Sentences

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A Midwestern twang is "a very feet on the ground, back in the heels of your boots type of accent", she said.

From Barron's

Asked whether she had ever considered giving her character a Brummie twang, Ferguson said it was never on the cards.

From BBC

Side note: I’d wanted her to call the channel Knitty Gritty, but she broke my heart and went with Yarn Star because it sounded like “yarn store” spoken with a heavy Southern twang.

From Literature

Every nerve in my body was twanging like the “e” string on a fiddler’s fiddle.

From Literature

I noted just the faintest hint of a country twang.

From Literature