sound barrier
Example Sentences
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Boom Supersonic’s XB-1 recently became the first civilian jet to break the sound barrier since the Concorde—a development watched closely by the football league as it considers launching franchises in Europe.
The house is also directly across the street from Interstate 5, on the other side of the freeway’s sound barrier wall.
From Seattle Times
Chuck Yeager, who in 1947 was the first aviator to break the sound barrier and who later pushed jets to the edge of the atmosphere in tests that provided foundations for future space missions.
From Washington Post
Mr. Baumgartner reached 833.9 miles an hour in his free fall, becoming the first man to break the sound barrier without external power.
From New York Times
When Mr. Baumgartner landed, after becoming the first human to break the sound barrier under his own power, Mr. Mateschitz was on the ground, waiting to greet him.
From New York Times
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
