sounding board

Example Sentences

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In its first two seasons, Domingo serves as the show’s heart, a transparent sounding board for the troubled main character to unload deep trauma.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 10, 2026

Another part of the mental burden of being the spouse who handles the finances is that you need a sounding board for your ideas.

From MarketWatch • Feb. 10, 2026

Warsh, 55, and Druckenmiller sit 10 feet apart, according to Druckenmiller, with Warsh serving as a Fed-whisperer sounding board to Druck’s macro-trader sensibility.

From Barron's • Feb. 2, 2026

But we really try to be there for each other as a sounding board whenever we’re working.

From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 4, 2025

She patted the sounding board of the piano.

From "Cold Sassy Tree" by Olive Ann Burns