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.
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.
Search Quotes from Classic Book Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen |
Meanings and Examples of SOUND
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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.
2 She was awakened in the night by the sound of rain beating with heavy drops against her window.
3 The mournful sound kept her awake because she felt mournful herself.
4 The door of her room was ajar and the sound came down the corridor, a far-off faint sound of fretful crying.
5 The sound had come up that passage.
6 He seemed to like the sound of Mary's voice.
7 He looked like a person listening to a new sound in the distance and wondering what it was.
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
Context Highlight In CHAPTER VIII. The Queen's Croquet-Ground
9 And it doesn't sound ill at all.
10 Sometimes it made a sound rather like very low laughter as it bubbled over and round stones.
11 "In the garden," it came back like a sound from a golden flute.
12 He would have given worlds, now, to have that German lad back again with a sound mind.
13 The hooting of a distant owl was all the sound that troubled the dead stillness.
14 A muffled sound of voices floated up from the far end of the graveyard.
15 For some time there was no noise but the grating sound of the spades discharging their freight of mould and gravel.
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.