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"Sound" in a Sentence (59 examples)
It might sound far-fetched, but this is a real problem.
As he sits in the dark, typing away at his computer, he hears the sound of morning birds chirping away and realizes he has been up all night - but the insomniac still refuses to sleep.
The air is a medium for sound.
Without air there can be no wind or sound on the moon.
Empty vessels make the most sound.
The sound of shouting grew faint.
When I tried to move the desk, one of its legs made a jarring sound as it scraped across the floor.
It may sound strange, but what she said is true.
Strange as it may sound, this is true.
It may sound strange, but what he said is true.
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He was safe and sound.
In horse management a sound horse is one with no health problems that might affect its suitability for its intended work.
on the 29th of September 1840, in consideration that the plaintiff, at the request of the defendant, had bought of the defendant a certain horse, at a certain price, to wit, 30l., the defendant promised plaintiff that the horse did not exceed five years off, and that it was sound in wind and limb, perfect in vision, and free from vice; […]
Fred assured me the floorboards were sound.
The brasswork here, how rich it is in beams, / And how, besides, it makes the whole house sound.
Refurbishing Okehampton station, kept basically sound under ownership by Devon Council, remains a work in progress and scheduled for completion next spring.
With fresh material, taxonomic conclusions are leavened by recognition that the material examined reflects the site it occupied; a herbarium packet gives one only a small fraction of the data desirable for sound conclusions. Herbarium material does not, indeed, allow one to extrapolate safely: what you see is what you get[…]
How are you? —I'm sound.
That's a sound track you're playing.
See that man over there? He's sound. You should get to know him.
Sound asleep means sleeping peacefully, and often deeply.
Her sleep was sound.
a sound night’s sleep
a sound beating
a sound title to land
So ſound he ſlept, that nought mought him awake.
I found my jacket. — Sound.
He turned when he heard the sound of footsteps behind him. Nobody made a sound.
The warlike sound / Of trumpets loud and clarions.
Through all the Worlds are sounds, the noises of moving, and the echoes of voices and song; but upon the River is no sound ever heard, for there all echoes die.
In trumpets for assisting the hearing, all reverbation of the trumpet must be avoided. It must be made thick, of the least elastic materials, and covered with cloth externally. For all reverbation lasts for a short time, and produces new sounds which mix with those which are coming in.
It was April 22, 1831, and a young man was walking down Whitehall in the direction of Parliament Street.[…]. He halted opposite the Privy Gardens, and, with his face turned skywards, listened until the sound of the Tower guns smote again on the ear and dispelled his doubts.
He looks like he's got it, maybe. Listen to those kids!/There's no maybe about it. That's it, that's the sound.
For let us conſider this Prepoſition as to its meaning, (for it is the ſence, and not ſound, that is and muſt be the Principle or common Notion) […]
Stay within the sound of my voice.
When the horn sounds, take cover.
He sounded good when we last spoke.
That story sounds like a pack of lies!
How silver-sweet sound lovers' tongues!
For from you ſounded out the worde of the Lord, not in Macedonia & in Achaia onely: but your faith alſo which is towarde God, ſpred abroade in all quarters, that we nede not to ſpeake any thing.
In my opinion this claim sounds in damages rather than in an injunction.
[…]there can be no doubt that claims brought pursuant to § 1983 sound in tort.
Sound the alarm!
He sounds the instrument.
If a train enters the forward section before its description has been transmitted, a "not described" lamp is illuminated on the transmitter, an alarm buzzer is sounded, and the lamp remains alight until a description has been transmitted.
The "e" in "house" isn't sounded.
Puget Sound; Owen Sound; Long Island Sound
The Sound of Denmarke, where ships pay toll.
Cod sounds are an esteemed article of food.
The head was chopped off, the belly opened, the liver set aside--sometimes along with the roe, sounds, throats, and other items.
The whale sounded and eight hundred feet of heavy line streaked out of the line tub before he ended his dive.
When I sounded him, he appeared to favor the proposed deal.
Tell me moreouer, haſt thou ſounded him,/If he appeale the Duke on ancient malice,/Or worthily as a good ſubiect ſhould/On ſome knowne ground of treacherie in him.
I was in Jeſt: / And by that offer meant to ſound your breaſt.
I've sounded my Numidians man by man.
Mariners on sailing ships would sound the depth of the water with a weighted rope.
As when the Sea-man […]/All fearefull foldes his ſailes, and ſounds the maine,/Lifting his prayers to the heauens for aid,/Againſt the terrour of the winds and waues.
to sound a patient, or the bladder or urethra
Most mild cases respond very nicely to such relatively simple office procedures as dilatations with sounds of increasing calibre, followed by the instillation of an ounce of 5 per cent argyrol in the bladder.
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