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How to use tang in a sentence

30 example sentences · noun, verb

Tang means a refreshingly sharp aroma or flavor. Example: “Wine or cider has a tang of the cask.”

Examples of tang by meaning

nounA refreshingly sharp aroma or flavor.

  • a tang of citrus
  • The miraculous air, heady with ozone and made memorably sweet by leagues of wild flowerets, gave tang and savour to the breath.1904, O. Henry, The Missing Chord
  • This is what thickens it, and gives it the distinct tang.2022 July 18, “Food for Thought: A Short History of Yogurt”, in BC Dairy

nounA strong or offensive taste; especially, a taste of something extraneous to the thing itself.

  • a tang of cellar
  • Wine or cider has a tang of the cask.

nounA sharp, specific flavor or tinge.

  • a tang of pedantry

nounA projecting part of an object by means of which it is secured to a handle, or to some other part.

  • slip the cable over the tang
  • In static conditions they should be in direct contact with the tang and clevis and squeezed twenty-thousandths of an inch."1988, Richard Feynman, Ralph Leighton, "What Do You Care What Other People Think?": Further Adventures of a Curious Character, New York...

More sentences with tang

  • As planned, the tang of my accompanying giardiniera nudged guests toward the tannic relief of drink.2023, C Pam Zhang, Land of Milk and Honey, Hutchinson Heinemann, page 75. From the entry giardiniera
  • The tang of fresh injera coats the air above her head.2019, Maaza Mengiste, The Shadow King, Canongate Books (2020), page 190. From the entry injera
  • 'This on its own would be rotsome, but the dog hair gives it a lovely zingy tang.'2011, Steven Butler, The Wrong Pong. From the entry rotsome
  • The tang button tightened on the blade tang , thus securing the entire assembled hilt .1995, John R. Angolia, In the Service of the Reich: Diplomatic & Government Officials, German Red Cross, R James Bender Pub. From the entry tang button
  • Tang Lung has come all the way from Hong Kong to help us.1972, Bruce Lee, The Way of the Dragon, spoken by Ah Quen. From the entry Chinese boxing
  • Chickory and radicchio (Cichorium intybus), which is a red-leafed chickory, can add a slightly bitter tang to a salad.2012, Claire Splan, “Fruits, Herbs, Nuts & Vegetables [Lettuce]”, in California Fruit & Vegetable Gardening: Plant, Grow, and Eat the Best…. From the entry chicory
  • Sandars identifies two varieties, tanged and tangless.2011, Jeffrey S. Soles, Costis Davaras, Mochlos IIC: Period IV, page 49. From the entry tanged
  • I used to sniff his wee-sodden nappies when he was little for that asparagusy tang of baby, my baby.2010, Polly Williams, How to Be Married, Headline Review, published 2011, →ISBN. From the entry asparagusy
  • The length of the tang and the width, particularly where it narrows before entering the pommel, vary from sword to sword.2009, James Drewe, Tàijí Jiàn 32-Posture Sword Form, Singing Dragon, →ISBN. From the entry hilt
  • In the mouth it is dry but refreshing with a biscuitiness over the fruit and a tang of minerals.1996 November 23, Bill Pritchard, “Warming spirit and a spirited sparkler to try”, in Burton Mail, number 30,877, page 3. From the entry biscuitiness
  • Hilt consisting of a small tang button , a dome - shaped pommel and a cylindrical grip . 59.1989, Gayatri Nath Pant, Mughal Weapons in the Bābur-nāmā, South Asia Books. From the entry tang button
  • She took a can home, and she was sure that pomodoros had more tang than our native tomatoes.1956, Pulpit Digest - Volume 36, page 13. From the entry pomodoro
  • Tang Pun-yan (the pro-Chan general now holding the southern peninsula of Kwangtung) is advancing by two routes to attack Kongmoon.1925 October 28, “Chan's Allies”, in China Mail, number 19,635, →OCLC, page 1, column 3. From the entry Kongmoon
  • The new trend, known as "tang ping", is described as an antidote to society's pressures to find jobs and perform well while working long shifts.2021 June 4, “China’s New ‘Tang Ping’ Trend Aims to Highlight Pressures of Work Culture”, in BBC News, archived from the original on 07…. From the entry tang ping
  • The blades with tangs or short “necks,” where the handles are attached with two rivets, seem to be more common in LM III Crete.2011, Jeffrey S. Soles, Costis Davaras, Mochlos IIC: Period IV, page 49. From the entry tanged
  • A partial tang does not extend all the way through the hilt and is normally not more than half the width of the blade.2009, James Drewe, Tàijí Jiàn 32-Posture Sword Form, Singing Dragon, →ISBN. From the entry hilt
  • There was the fresh, turpsy smell of conifers, and from a quarter of a mile away the salty tang of shifting sea water.1996, Chris Pullen, Mercenary 11: Oliver's Army, 22 Books (1996), →ISBN, page 4. From the entry turpsy
  • If you are retrofitting running backstays or additional checkstays we would encourage you to think “lash tang” - which creates a simple, lightweight, reliable mast attachment.2020 November 12, Phil Anniss, “Straight Talking - Mast and Standing Rigging Terminology”, in Yachts and Yachting. From the entry checkstay
  • The dosa wrap itself has a slight tang to it, as it is a fermented bread made from rice and lentils, and is light and delicious.2012, Meg Cotner, Food Lovers' Guide to Queens, Rowman & Littlefield, →ISBN, page 173. From the entry dosa
  • In every kitchen arises the acrid tang of green- tomato pickle, chutney, chili; on every south-facing kitchen windowsill the most promising greenies line up to be coaxed ripe.1987, Maxine Kumin, In deep: country essays, page 98. From the entry greenie
  • Blanford did not see quite how; but her sweet enthusiasm was so warming, and the tang of her kiss so unmanning that he found himself nodding agreement.1978, Lawrence Durrell, Livia (Avignon Quintet), Faber & Faber, published 1992, page 407. From the entry unmanning
  • We experience a gustatory thrill when we hear of Dutch pancakes which are about one-eighth of an inch in thickness, with a delicious buckwheaty, buttery and sugary tang.1929 April 5, William Dougherty, “[Review of Current Literature By Book Lovers of Medford: […]] The Flavor of Holland, by Adele de Leeuw”…. From the entry buckwheaty

Meaning of tang

  1. noun A refreshingly sharp aroma or flavor.
  2. noun A strong or offensive taste; especially, a taste of something extraneous to the thing itself.
  3. noun A sharp, specific flavor or tinge.

Full definition of tang

Questions about tang in a sentence

How do you use tang in a sentence?
Tang is used as a noun and verb. For example: “Wine or cider has a tang of the cask.”
What is a short sentence with tang?
“a tang of cellar”
What does tang mean?
Tang means a refreshingly sharp aroma or flavor.

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Adapted from Wiktionary: tang (page history and authors) and the entries each sentence comes from. Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws chose the sentences, left out offensive ones and quotations older than 1900, and marked the word in each. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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