Suddenly there was a loud bang!

Perdosa, out of forty or fifty mis-fires, got one feeble sputter, and a tremendous bang which blew up his piece, leaving only the stock in his hand.

The house door closed with a dull bang, and from the entrance hallway came a sound of voices.

"You won't forget to send it just the first minute you can, will you?" The woman nodded and closed the door with a little bang.

" She held up her face with the tears rolling down it, and he kissed a dry spot and her yellow frizzed bangs.

fizz-bang! snap!

Hastily the doctor drew her in and closed the door with an emphatic bang.

I say, old man, my French isn't up to handling a compliment like that; see if you can" He did not finish the sentence, for at that moment there was a faint far-off bang, and they sensed rather than felt a faint quiver in the solid earth beneath their feet.

Now and then there was a fearful bang and a howl of death-agony, as some dog tried to break through the encircling men, who yelled and cursed as they closed in on the trembling brutes that slunk together and crept on; for it is said, every sheep-killing dog knows his fate if caught, and will make little effort to escape.

" Charlie gave a growl and rushed at 'im, and the next moment 'e was down on the floor with the 'ardest bang in the face that he'd ever 'ad in 'is life.

The least-discerning eye can see that the wedge-Shaped face No. 3 is caricatured, and its triangular proportions made more evident, by allowing the hair to extend in curls or a fluffy bang on either side of the head.

" She held up her face with the tears rolling down it, and he kissed a dry spot and her yellow frizzed bangs.

The nineteenth of April, in the evening, my door opened again with an impetuous bang; but this time it was Frank Addison, his eyes blazing, his dark cheek flushed, his whole aspect fired and furious.

" She set the suitcase out into the aisle with a decided bang, and lifted up the wicker lunch basket.

Now there came a ripping, tearing sound in the air, and a veritable cloudburst of the damnable whizz bangs broke over us.

They were just dozing off to sleep, when all three were suddenly startled by a muffled bang somewhere close to them.

A neat, clean, not too loud bang!

He has made them bring an anvil and hammer to his bedside, and whenever he happens to be sleeping badlyand that's pretty oftenhe bangs on the anvil until the last one of his relations has got up and come in; then, maybe he'll set 'em all to work mending his fishing tackleright in the dead of night.

Why do you not go and tell him that you are not going to starve and die while he eats caviare and peaches from gold plates and dishes?" A resounding bang of the fist finished this fine oration, and again the questions were unanswered.

The tradesman as he speaks involuntarily pulls out his till, glances in, and shuts it up with a satisfied bang.

Adv. with haste, with all haste, with breathless speed; in haste &c adj.; apace &c (swiftly) 274; amain^; all at once &c (instantaneously) 113; at short notice &c; immediately &c (early) 132; posthaste; by cable, by express, by telegraph, by forced marches. hastily, precipitately &c adj.; helter-skelter, hurry-skurry^, holus-bolus; slapdash, slap-bang; full-tilt, full drive; heels over head, head and shoulders, headlong, a corps perdu

It may readily be seen that a woman with the square, heavy-jawed face pictured by No. 5, should not adopt a straight, or nearly straight, bang, nor wear her hair low on her forehead, nor adjust the greater portion of her hair so that the coil cannot be seen above the crown of her head.

The silence was broken by a long fizzle, during which the Kamchadals conscientiously kept their eyes shut, and finally a terrific bang announced the catastrophe, followed immediately by two more sharp reports from the rifles of the Major and myself.

A neat, clean, not too loud bang!

And pouncing upon the dismayed artist, she swept her out and closed the door with a triumphant bang.