How to Use sonic in a Sentence

sonic

adjective
  • Those who work at home will have to deal with the sonic blitzkrieg.
    Sal Vaglica, wsj.com, 10 May 2023
  • The rest of the album weaves in and out of different moods and sonic vibes.
    Troy L. Smith, cleveland, 7 Jan. 2022
  • This was the sonic equivalent of that new type of wartime movie, the home front film.
    Christian Blauvelt, Billboard, 1 Nov. 2021
  • And that’s just the tip of this enchanting sonic iceberg.
    San Diego Union-Tribune, 15 Jan. 2023
  • So how come the shrimp appears immune to its sonic weapon?
    Jennifer Ouellette, Ars Technica, 12 July 2022
  • Try to think of expressions to describe the sonic world.
    Adam Rathe, Town & Country, 16 Feb. 2022
  • Most people see the humor in it, and the way the woozy sonic touches play into the exploits of a pothead.
    Julyssa Lopez, Rolling Stone, 8 Mar. 2023
  • On one level, the album is the sonic equivalent of a grimy, sweaty dance floor.
    Meg Walters, Glamour, 22 July 2024
  • Purists won't enjoy this sonic approach, but bass lovers should get a kick out of the low-end response.
    PCMAG, 5 Feb. 2024
  • The sonic jewelry displayed glitters in the ear on and on.
    Christopher Smith, Orange County Register, 23 July 2024
  • The album shifts the sonic lens in ways that feel natural and welcome.
    Jon Dolan, Rolling Stone, 24 Oct. 2024
  • Last June, just as the group was on the cusp of a sonic evolution, Groggs died, at thirty-two.
    Sheldon Pearce, The New Yorker, 21 Sep. 2021
  • This is a band that has performed at big venues, that roams sonic landscapes and seldom stays still.
    Reed Johnson, Los Angeles Times, 18 Aug. 2023
  • Aguilera continued to take huge sonic and image risks in the wake of Stripped.
    Brittany Spanos, Rolling Stone, 22 Oct. 2022
  • In the '70s and '80s, this lack of volume was dealt with by sonic brute force—stacking huge speakers on top of each other.
    Benny Har-Even, Forbes, 12 Oct. 2024
  • The band does take a cerebral approach to music and has a lot of sonic ambition.
    Gary Graff, cleveland, 31 Mar. 2022
  • When the entire ensemble kicks in, though, the sonic picture seems to flatten out and lose lustre.
    Alex Ross, The New Yorker, 24 Oct. 2022
  • Yet in many cases, the sonic prod of choice appears to be classical music.
    Jeremy Eichler, BostonGlobe.com, 13 May 2023
  • The project includes an array of sonic elements from Afrobeat and Afropop to amapiano to R&B, gospel, and hints of mainstream trap and pop.
    Emanuel Okusanya, Variety, 7 May 2024
  • Martin was a critical part of that sonic universe, contributing to eight of the 16 tracks on the album.
    Nereya Otieno, Los Angeles Times, 1 Dec. 2023
  • But the different themes, the gestalt of the music, the sonic fabric, and the instruments, are determined prior.
    Sonya Alexander, Rolling Stone, 26 Feb. 2023
  • Sometimes, the right sonic pivot changes the scope of popular music.
    Andre Gee, Rolling Stone, 3 Mar. 2023
  • Treble is clear, though subdued compared with the midrange, which is a bit high and the only real sonic issue.
    Geoffrey Morrison, wsj.com, 31 Oct. 2023
  • And church is such a sonic landscape from a professional view.
    Ariel Shapiro, The Verge, 3 Oct. 2023
  • Then there’s the melodic element and the sonic element.
    Simon Reynolds, Pitchfork, 27 Sep. 2023
  • The stock exchange, the largest in the world by market capitalization, has opened with sonic fanfare for more than 150 years.
    Krystal Hur, CNN, 16 Mar. 2024
  • The record blends sounds of hip-hop, country, and folk into a sonic melting pot that serves as a microcosm of Shaboozey’s sound as a whole.
    Okla Jones, Essence, 9 May 2024
  • That will continue, no matter how much sonic sludge the machines churn out.
    Adam Clair, Vox, 1 July 2024
  • Indeed there’s a lot of candy raving warehouse vibes — a sonic and fashion aesthetic that’s been very on trend in the current dance scene and which Conidence Man does with moxie across the project.
    Katie Bain, Billboard, 18 Oct. 2024
  • However, this was a sonic masterpiece from start to finish.
    Mya Abraham, VIBE.com, 25 Oct. 2024

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