have twanged
- present perfect of twang.
Example Sentences
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The rumors of reunion in the ecclesiastical air�Pope John's forthcoming Ecumenical Council, the Archbishop of Canterbury's recent jaunt to the Middle East and to the Vatican�seem to have twanged Russian nerves.
From Time Magazine Archive
Once more the slack was taken up and the wire grew taut—so taut it would have twanged like a fiddle-string if it had been struck.
From The Man from the Bitter Roots by Lockhart, Caroline
Even the piano, which must have twanged out the tunes of at least three nations since the war began, had sacrificed its cover for firewood.
From Mud and Khaki Sketches from Flanders and France by Bartlett, Vernon
"And when Heavy failed to oversleep one morning last half the marble harp must have twanged that time," declared Mary Cox.
From Ruth Fielding at Briarwood Hall or Solving the Campus Mystery by Emerson, Alice B.
How he would have made the pillars quiver! how the ripe old notes would have twanged and brayed into the darkest recesses!
From A Day's Tour A Journey through France and Belgium by Calais, Tournay, Orchies, Douai, Arras, Béthune, Lille, Comines, Ypres, Hazebrouck, Berg by Fitzgerald, Percy Hethrington
