SOUND in a Sentence

Learn SOUND from example sentences; some of them are from classic books. These examples are selected from a corpus with 300,000 sentences, including classic works and current mainstream media. Some sentences also link to their contexts.
349 example sentences for SOUND, such as:
1. The sound smites upon the ear.
2. And it doesn't sound ill at all.
3. The sound had come up that passage.
4. A cracked bell can never sound well.
5. True friendship is like sound health.
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Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen
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 Meanings and Examples of SOUND
sound
 n.  a narrow channel of the sea joining two larger bodies of water
 a.  exercising or showing good judgment
Classic Sentence: (210 in 15 pages)
1  Dickon laughed so that he was obliged to stifle the sound by putting his arm over his mouth.
The Secret Garden By Frances Hodgson Burnett
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XI
2  She was awakened in the night by the sound of rain beating with heavy drops against her window.
The Secret Garden By Frances Hodgson Burnett
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XIII
3  The mournful sound kept her awake because she felt mournful herself.
The Secret Garden By Frances Hodgson Burnett
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XIII
4  The door of her room was ajar and the sound came down the corridor, a far-off faint sound of fretful crying.
The Secret Garden By Frances Hodgson Burnett
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XIII
5  The sound had come up that passage.
The Secret Garden By Frances Hodgson Burnett
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XIII
6  He seemed to like the sound of Mary's voice.
The Secret Garden By Frances Hodgson Burnett
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XIII
7  He looked like a person listening to a new sound in the distance and wondering what it was.
The Secret Garden By Frances Hodgson Burnett
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XIV
8  There was a sound of many footsteps, and Alice looked round, eager to see the Queen.
Alice's Adventures in Wonderland By Lewis Carroll
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER VIII. The Queen's Croquet-Ground
9  And it doesn't sound ill at all.
The Secret Garden By Frances Hodgson Burnett
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XXVI
10  Sometimes it made a sound rather like very low laughter as it bubbled over and round stones.
The Secret Garden By Frances Hodgson Burnett
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XXVII
11  "In the garden," it came back like a sound from a golden flute.
The Secret Garden By Frances Hodgson Burnett
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XXVII
12  He would have given worlds, now, to have that German lad back again with a sound mind.
The Adventures of Tom Sawyer By Mark Twain
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER IV
13  The hooting of a distant owl was all the sound that troubled the dead stillness.
The Adventures of Tom Sawyer By Mark Twain
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER IX
14  A muffled sound of voices floated up from the far end of the graveyard.
The Adventures of Tom Sawyer By Mark Twain
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER IX
15  For some time there was no noise but the grating sound of the spades discharging their freight of mould and gravel.
The Adventures of Tom Sawyer By Mark Twain
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER IX
Example Sentence: (139 in 10 pages)
1  As empty vessels make the loudest sound, so they that have least wit are the greatest babblers.
2  True friendship is like sound health.
3  When you turn on a transistorized radio, the sound comes on immediately; when you turn off, it fades out gradually.
4  The sound smites upon the ear.
5  Dolphins use sound to communicate with each other.
6  Ada stiffened at the sound of his voice.
7  She expunged the sound of his voice from the tape recording.
8  A cracked bell can never sound well.
9  A business can only be built and expanded on a sound financial base.
10  The country has a sound commercial base.
11  True friendship is like sound health, the value of it is seldom known until it be lost.
12  Using a wide tape gives better quality sound reproduction.
13  There is sound commercial logic in never giving credit to retailers.
14  I could hear the sound of a band tuning up.
15  I am not sure that this is sound democratic practice.