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auditory

[aw-di-tawr-ee, -tohr-ee-] / ˈɔ dɪˌtɔr i, -ˌtoʊr i- /


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Mr. James does not simply reproduce the island’s singular patois; he uses it to create abrasive auditory rhythms.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 25, 2026

The next time I sit through another auditory gauntlet on the number 29, I will keep that in mind.

From BBC ● Aug. 5, 2026

Karen first found out about hearing loss when Klugo’s older sister failed a routine newborn auditory test.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 11, 2026

They then measured how the mice responded using a modified auditory startle test.

From Science Daily ● May 15, 2026

Because the visual sense is not viable at this point, the auditory senses are primary, and hearing is the most keenly developed of all of the fetal senses.

From "Music and the Child" by Natalie Sarrazin

He had a loud and clear voice, and articulated his words so perfectly that he might be heard and understood at a great distance; especially as his auditories observed the most perfect silence.

From The Life of Benjamin Franklin Illustrated by Tales, Sketches, and Anecdotes by Samuel G. (Samuel Griswold) Goodrich

He saw his neighbors' ears clogged, and he was prepared to die howling if only he could pierce those encrusted auditories.

From Mary, Mary by Padraic Colum

It cannot be said that much harm has resulted from the full liberty permitted him, or that neglect on his part has impaired the generally attractive aspect of our theatrical auditories.

From A Book of the Play Studies and Illustrations of Histrionic Story, Life, and Character by Dutton Cook

Of this, great complaints were made by honest men: and some of the best and most conscientious preachers reproved it in the greatest auditories, as at Paul’s Cross, and before the King himself.

From The Influence and Development of English Gilds As Illustrated by the History of the Craft Gilds of Shrewsbury by Francis Aiden Hibbert

The great American London built by a continent on which all the people are free; her vast populations redeemed; her churches thronged with worshipful auditories!

From T. De Witt Talmage As I Knew Him by T. De Witt (Thomas De Witt) Talmage




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