drang
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of drang
Compare, in southwest England, drang, drong, with same sense; dialectal form of throng
Example Sentences
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And amid all the sturm und drang, each character projects onto the other a pent-up spleen of parent-child neuroses and unmet expectations.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 28, 2026
Listen, I’m sure there will be a lot of sturm und drang about what the whistleblower disclosures mean for Elon Musk’s Twitter deal, but I want to focus on something dumber and pettier: Jack Dorsey.
From The Verge ● Aug. 23, 2022
William Faulkner, the novelist living in sulky exile here to make money writing for movies, longed for the sturm und drang of Mississippi people and Mississippi weather.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 18, 2022
The "George Harrison" LP made for a refreshing turn away from the sturm und drang of the recent past.
From Salon ● Mar. 29, 2019
The rumblings of counter-revolutionary Russia, the drang nach Osten of Austria - all were attempts at self re-definition and self- preservation.
From Terrorists and Freedom Fighters by Vaknin, Samuel
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