sound
Example Sentences
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“He’s trying to sound threatening and crazy,” Tim Pool, a social media personality with more than two million followers, said in an interview with The Wall Street Journal.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 8, 2026
And while it may look like they have been taking a break, the group say they have been constantly working to evolve their sound and act.
From BBC • Apr. 8, 2026
The company’s goal is to eventually develop a hypersonic plane reaching Mach 5, or five times the speed of sound, and Southern California has the engineering talent base to help achieve that, executives said.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 7, 2026
For Bennett, the emergence of modern country music in the early 2000s -- with a highly polished, more pop sound and repeated "melodic shapes" -- is key.
From Barron's • Apr. 7, 2026
We were no longer hearing the sound of guns behind us.
From "An Elephant in the Garden" by Michael Morpurgo
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