How to Use acoustic in a Sentence

acoustic

adjective
  • She loves listening to acoustic folk music.
  • Cymbals crash crisply and tightly, and there is plenty of room in the soundstage for the acoustic guitar.
    PCMAG, 11 Dec. 2024
  • Performances can range from an acoustic set to a metal punk band to a hip-hop group in one night, Brunelli said.
    Jennifer Sawhney, Journal Sentinel, 7 July 2022
  • And at the very end, Bob Dylan also strummed him a happy birthday on acoustic guitar.
    Spin Staff, SPIN, 20 June 2022
  • Swift's ultimate goodbye mashup during her final acoustic set.
    Laura L. Davis, USA TODAY, 9 Dec. 2024
  • The Finnish research team took acoustic measurements with microphones at a total of 37 rock art sites.
    Thomas G. Moukawsher, Newsweek, 30 Nov. 2024
  • Singer-songwriter Aldous Harding strums an acoustic guitar and lilts in a dulcet soprano — some of the time.
    Mark Jenkins, Washington Post, 12 June 2022
  • Lilith Fair also helped contribute to the misbelief that music made by women had to be personal, had to be polite, and had to include an acoustic guitar.
    Peter Rubin, Longreads, 1 July 2022
  • Show planners didn't waste the downtime needed to reset the main stage between the star turns, employing a satellite stage at the back of the stadium to showcase a variety of strong acts in acoustic performances.
    Nancy Kruh, PEOPLE.com, 14 June 2022
  • Harps and acoustic guitars help set the old-world mood.
    Ellen Gamerman, WSJ, 30 Oct. 2022
  • On the title track, Rose swaps keys for his first love, the acoustic guitar.
    Sarah Grant, SPIN, 10 Apr. 2024
  • Kevin Bacon played an acoustic version of the remix, and used an ear of corn to strum along to the catchy beat.
    Anna Lazarus Caplan, Peoplemag, 6 Jan. 2023
  • Brandi Carlisle will start off with an acoustic set at 7 p.m., and Joni and friends are set to come out at 9.
    Mikael Wood, Los Angeles Times, 10 June 2023
  • In the next slide, the Sour songstress shared a video of the stunning duet, which was backed only by Crow on acoustic guitar.
    Bailey Richards, Peoplemag, 30 Sep. 2023
  • And Ed walks out there with an acoustic guitar over his back.
    John Seabrook, The New Yorker, 5 Dec. 2022
  • The timing was also right for the band to make the album acoustic, the way only DKM can do it.
    Liza Lentini, SPIN, 30 Sep. 2022
  • Now, the band has tapped The National’s Matt Berninger for a cozy acoustic take on life’s in betweens.
    Starr Bowenbank, Billboard, 30 Oct. 2023
  • When the band Oasis was in town, Noel Gallagher came in and asked to see a rare Gibson acoustic stored away in the back of the shop.
    Alex Vadukul, New York Times, 25 Nov. 2022
  • This then works like an acoustic pipette, blasting the mixture with sound waves.
    Michael Irving, New Atlas, 21 Oct. 2024
  • When Love Finds You, strumming an acoustic guitar while the house band backs him up.
    Jon Freeman, Rolling Stone, 15 Sep. 2022
  • If there was acoustic guitar, there was a guy playing that.
    Andy Greene, Rolling Stone, 26 July 2023
  • For years at parties, Naderi would pick up an acoustic guitar and strum a tune or two.
    Matt Wake | Mwake@al.com, al, 21 July 2022
  • Taylor Swift paused her acoustic set of her Stockholm Eras Tour show to check on fans.
    Nicole Fallert, USA TODAY, 20 May 2024
  • Ducks swam in the pond as a few members of the Salut band played acoustic guitar and bellini cocktails were passed around.
    Alexandra MacOn, Vogue, 20 Jan. 2023
  • The acoustic sculpture has been part of San Francisco since 1986.
    Stacey Leasca, Travel + Leisure, 2 June 2023
  • Beck is slated to open with acoustic sets for the band’s North America leg.
    Ej Panaligan, Variety, 1 Sep. 2022
  • That knowledge is crucial for the acoustic method of counting whales.
    Alena Naiden, Anchorage Daily News, 7 Aug. 2022
  • But they’d no longer be allowed to use a live DJ or acoustic sound, says Bill Brown, the committee’s vice chair.
    Susannah Bryan, Sun Sentinel, 12 Jan. 2024
  • Many songs begin with acoustic finger-picking, and quite a few of them stay there.
    Chris Willman, Variety, 4 July 2024
  • As the fire began to roar, some people grabbed acoustic guitars and began to play.
    David Bulley, BostonGlobe.com, 13 Oct. 2022

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