twang
verb (used without object)
to give out a sharp, vibrating sound, as the string of a musical instrument when plucked.
were twanging
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past progressiveof twang.past progressive
Used to describe an ongoing action or continuous state that was happening at a specific time in the past.
Example Sentences
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The city streets were twanging like a harp.
From Men, Women and Ghosts by Amy Lowell
All the blessed Doctors and Confessors were twanging their harps to the clanging.
From The Altar Steps by Compton MacKenzie
She must be unwell, for her nerves were twanging so that she could not sit still a moment.
From The Maid of Honour, Volume 2 (of 3) A Tale of the Dark Days of France by Lewis Wingfield
It was now full night; the town was lit up, and the musicians of the pavement were twanging their banjos and harps.
From The Manxman A Novel - 1895 by Sir Hall Caine
Harps were twanging too, and I heard the refrain of one of the native songs, “To-night they love who never loved before; to-night let him who loves love all the more.”
From In the Wrong Paradise by Andrew Lang
