How to Use noise in a Sentence

noise

1 of 2 noun

• I couldn't hear him over all the noise.
• The furnace makes a lot of noise when it comes on.
• We closed the windows to block out the traffic noise.
• The sink was making a gurgling noise.
• Do you hear that rattling noise?
• The machine hardly makes any noise.
• The landlord has been getting complaints from the tenants about noise.
• That's not music. To me it's a bunch of noise.
• There were noises coming from the basement.
• The initial data included a lot of noise that had to be weeded out.
• For her, yes, the noise, yes, the dirt, yes, the heat—whoops, a rat!
  — D. T. Max, The New Yorker, 18 Sep. 2023
• And then the food is dropped, and noise is reduced by 70-80%.
  — Benjy Egel, Sacramento Bee, 4 Apr. 2024
• Cons The ball rolling around the track does make a little bit of noise.
  — Cai Cramer, Peoplemag, 16 Feb. 2024
• Not to be too hard on myself and just to block out the noise.
  — Victoria Uwumarogie, Essence, 26 Oct. 2023
• Just knock all the noise out and come out here ready to play football.
  — Tom Murphy, arkansasonline.com, 18 Nov. 2023
• As for noise levels, the fan stayed under 50 dB at all speeds.
  — Kelsey Kunik, Parents, 15 Feb. 2024
• The arm then plummets to the ground and a loud noise could be heard while people are seen running away from the scene.
  — Greg Norman, Fox News, 26 July 2023
• Our homes are spread apart and noise has never been an issue.
  — Amy Dickinson, Detroit Free Press, 28 July 2023
• Wind noise was remarkably low, and the car was hardly tapped out.
  — Csaba Csere, Car and Driver, 28 July 2023
• And despite the identical footwear, less tire noise finds your ears.
  — Dan Edmunds, Car and Driver, 19 June 2023
• Cons The bowl is lightweight and moved around a little when the dog was eating, causing some noise.
  — Madison Yauger, Peoplemag, 22 Jan. 2024
• Not one of Preller’s teams has won 90 games in a season and none of the nine — including this one — has made noise in the NL West race.
  — Tom Krasovic, San Diego Union-Tribune, 15 Aug. 2023
• But that can also give recruiters more noise to sift through.
  — Amanda Hoover, WIRED, 12 Oct. 2023
• One thing to note: With all that power also comes plenty of noise.
  — Adria Greenhauff, Better Homes & Gardens, 27 Sep. 2023
• Some of you may already know what's behind the noise, but for those who don't the answer is sandhill cranes.
  — Sarah Bowman, The Indianapolis Star, 4 Mar. 2024
• The keys to riding safely are being seen and making noise.
  — Idaho Statesman, 31 Jan. 2024
• At one point, Kate was spotted showing a little girl how to get the shakers to make noise.
  — Stephanie Petit, Peoplemag, 1 Nov. 2023
• More road and wind noise enters the Q4's interior at speed, and its ride is firmer.
  — Joey Capparella, Car and Driver, 10 June 2023
• In that context, cutting out the noise might be a way to reassure investors.
  — WIRED, 19 Sep. 2023
• The other lower speeds made subtle noise while the highest speed was a bit louder.
  — Megan Boettcher, Better Homes & Gardens, 2 Feb. 2024

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noise

2 of 2 verb

• The shape of the airfoil is the key to noise generation here.
  — Manasee Wagh, Popular Mechanics, 11 Mar. 2022
• What’s the insect that is making all that noise these days?
  — Kevin Dayhoff, baltimoresun.com/maryland/carroll, 14 Aug. 2021
• The analysis reviewed more than 100 types of calls, from shootings to noise complaints.
  — Everton Bailey Jr., Dallas News, 8 June 2023
• At both, expect fiercely eclectic, unpredictable rock that can go from artsy pop to noise and back again in the space of a song.
  — New York Times, 7 June 2018
• Listen to all feedback and be able to parse out what’s good vs. bad or simply noise Investors will constantly tell you what to do.
  — Tiffany Kelly, Forbes, 1 Aug. 2022
• The legal case focused on part of the Maine Civil Rights Act that applies to noise outside health facilities.
  — Adam Liptak, BostonGlobe.com, 17 Apr. 2018
• Beluga whales are an important part of the ecosystem; however, due to oil drilling and ocean noise their habitat and health is at risk.
  — Monica Cull, Discover Magazine, 9 Dec. 2021
• The signal to noise ratio would scale with the amount of entanglement: The more frequencies spanned by each photon in an entangled pair, the stronger the signal.
  — Adrian Cho, Science | AAAS, 23 Sep. 2020
• Prolonged exposure to noise at that level can cause a threshold shift in a person’s hearing.
  — Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 19 June 2018
• In preparation for their debut, the twins and their mother were placed in a shared living space, where they were exposed to sounds from a radio to get used to noise and voices from visitors.
  — Washington Post, 12 Jan. 2022
• The monkey noises may have been confused with barking from the student section, done to distract Beloit players when shooting free throws, the statement said.
  — Quinn Clark, Journal Sentinel, 27 Mar. 2023
• Researchers have studied the subject of canine sensitivity to noise more, though.
  — Cari Shane, Discover Magazine, 30 June 2022
• Can of corn, Texas Leaguer, Humm Baby and one single-syllable bit of naughtiness that, with no fans, can pierce any level of fake crowd noise a team can generate.
  — Henry Schulman, SFChronicle.com, 17 Aug. 2020
• But other scientists tie the tremors to noise generated as rising water is expelled from hot minerals in the slab.
  — Paul Voosen, Science | AAAS, 30 June 2021
• The signal to noise ratio will disappoint those of us who would like rational conversation on this issue.
  — Keith Kloor, Discover Magazine, 22 Dec. 2012
• The data on low-level calls included 35 call types ranging from property damage to noise complaints to theft to responding to a sick or injured person.
  — Ashley Luthern, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 27 May 2021
• According to Ball, in the weeks following her carjacking, Parkland added security car patrols to the parking lots, repaired the cameras and gate, and gave employees noise alarms to add to their badges.
  — Raquel Rutledge, jsonline.com, 19 Aug. 2020
• But other seizures present much more subtly—a person may stare off into space, blink their eyes rapidly, experience changes in their breathing, or be unresponsive to noise or words.
  — Patti Greco, Health.com, 18 Nov. 2021
• The researchers also found that narwhals are extremely sensitive to noise from relatively far away.
  — Ashley Stimpson, Popular Mechanics, 7 Jan. 2022
• However, in some areas, noise mitigation strategies such as sound walls or berms are considered for residents who live within 200 feet of where the strips are installed.
  — Elizabeth Owens-Schiele, chicagotribune.com, 10 Nov. 2020
• The program consists of six code enforcement officers working from 8 p.m. to 4 a.m. Thursday through Saturday who respond to noise complaints.
  — Malak Silmi, San Antonio Express-News, 20 Oct. 2021
• In Gainesville, city police sign up to work overtime patrolling neighborhoods near campus on Friday and Saturday evenings until 3:30 a.m. and responding to noise complaints.
  — Meleah Lyden, sun-sentinel.com, 23 Oct. 2020
• But Patricelli’s study of the birds’ sensitivity to noise on their leks has actually helped land managers consider better rules to ensure the birds can strut their stuff undisturbed.
  — Matt Simon, WIRED, 1 June 2018
• The pandemic changed our relationship to noise: With people stuck inside, the atmospheric sounds of the world — car alarms, barking dogs, ambulance sirens — felt amplified.
  — New York Times, 11 Mar. 2021
• In practice, the signal to noise ratio of customer signals is frequently degraded by the time they’re presented to an IT organization.
  — Mark Settle, Forbes, 10 Jan. 2023
• In what seems to be a trend, of sorts, several police officers have responded to noise complaint calls over children playing outdoor basketball by shooting hoops with the young, uh, offenders, rather than bust up the game.
  — Howard Cohen, miamiherald, 6 Mar. 2018
• Of the 37 vacuums tested, this was the only one that pulled in perfect scores in every category, from effectiveness to noise level to portability.
  — Melanie Rud, Peoplemag, 4 Oct. 2022
• Bugg pointed out that in addition to noise complaints, there is a danger factor with unsupervised fireworks being used by people who are not licensed to deal with explosives.
  — Steve Lord, chicagotribune.com, 7 July 2021
• Then, in 2004, John Janda had a mild heart attack followed by bouts of debilitating anxiety, pain and sensitivity to noise.
  — Jonel Aleccia, Kaiser Health News, 11 Sep. 2017
• Testing protocols are strict (though the process and payoff are fun!) and assess every element of the machine, from ease of setup and use, to noise level during operation, to ease of cleaning and even the company’s customer service.
  — Brigitt Earley, Good Housekeeping, 16 June 2022

Last Updated: 3 May 2024