How to Use synchrony in a Sentence

synchrony

noun

• And the greater the degree of synchrony, the study found, the more the audience enjoys the performance.
  — Robert Martone, Scientific American, 2 June 2020
• It’s that synchrony that’s delightful, that feels easy, that makes the play a pleasure.
  — Helen Shaw, Vulture, 27 Oct. 2021
• But the newest research suggests that synchrony is more than that—or can be.
  — Lydia Denworth, Scientific American, 13 June 2023
• Working in synchrony, each elephant grabs its end of the rope in its trunk and pulls, drawing the platform and the treats within reach.
  — Katherine Harmon Courage, Scientific American, 23 May 2017
• Lasers gain their power by lining up light waves in synchrony.
  — Kenneth Chang, New York Times, 13 Nov. 2023
• As the sun starts to set, fire dancers surround the pool, moving in hypnotizing synchrony.
  — AL.com, 18 July 2017
• In perfect synchrony, the girls dipped their blades into the water and propelled their boats forward.
  — Miriam Jordan, New York Times, 18 Feb. 2020
• When immersed in a glucose solution, the cells beat in synchrony.
  — Lisa Freedman, WIRED, 25 Feb. 2008
• The research started as a search for synchrony in earthquake timing.
  — Paul Voosen, Science | AAAS, 30 Oct. 2017
• One drummer at a trap set and another on congas put their parts in easy synchrony.
  — Paul Elie, The New Yorker, 13 May 2017
• The ants also move their six legs in tripod formations, with the front foot on one side moving in synchrony with the back two legs on the other side.
  — Leslie Nemo, Discover Magazine, 16 Oct. 2019
• Three men jumped in synchrony into the air, to the ground, into the air again, and down, repeating infinitely.
  — Catherine Lacey, Harper's magazine, 19 Aug. 2019
• Instead the researchers found the opposite: a peak in synchrony at the onset followed by a decrease.
  — Lydia Denworth, Scientific American, 21 Sep. 2021
• The weakening of the feedback signals, according to the group’s models, led to a loss of synchrony between the brain areas.
  — Jordana Cepelewicz, WIRED, 9 June 2018
• Once in a while, the wheels click in synchrony and the indifferent universe offers up a rare spectacle.
  — Jeffrey Kluger, Time, 10 Aug. 2017
• Since mid-March, many people across the U.S. have been working from home—and yearning for the synchrony found in face-to-face communication.
  — Brandon Sanchez, WSJ, 16 June 2020
• Under normal circumstances, groups of two or three whales tend to dive in synchrony across tens of square kilometers to hunt for food.
  — Elizabeth Pennisi, Science | AAAS, 27 Oct. 2017
• Some eight minutes after launch, a pair of sonic booms rocked the area as the two side boosters set down in near synchrony on two landing pads at Cape Canaveral.
  — Kenneth Chang, New York Times, 6 Feb. 2018
• The idea that eye gaze can be used to modulate synchrony is intriguing to other researchers.
  — Lydia Denworth, Scientific American, 21 Sep. 2021
• Other cells inside the nose and throat have tiny, anemone-like projections called cilia, which beat in synchrony in the more watery layer.
  — Megan Molteni, Wired, 12 Nov. 2020
• Strangers and couples seem to have differing levels of brain synchrony, for instance.
  — New York Times, 25 May 2021
• Both adults began to bounce, sometimes in perfect synchrony, sometimes not.
  — Marta Zaraska, Scientific American, 1 Oct. 2020
• Crickets sing in synchrony; metronomes placed side by side sway into lockstep; some fireflies blink together in the dark.
  — Natalie Wolchover, WIRED, 7 Apr. 2019
• It's considered the most prestigious event -- a drill that requires the platoon act in complete synchrony.
  — Scottie Andrew, CNN, 7 May 2021
• The results suggested a complex synchrony between the rhythms of parasites and their hosts.
  — Allessandra Dicorato, STAT, 21 Nov. 2022
• NeuroImage has shown that this synchrony can be seen in the brain activities of the audience and performer.
  — Robert Martone, Scientific American, 2 June 2020
• Douglas fir makes cones sporadically and in synchrony with the shifts in climate over clusters of years.
  — Suzanne Simard, Wired, 7 May 2021
• Can an audience create a dazzling sea of light to demonstrate synchrony?
  — Ken House, Courant Community, 10 Apr. 2018
• Male and female Christmas tree worms reproduce by casting their sperm and eggs into the water in synchrony.
  — Joanna Klein, New York Times, 5 Dec. 2017
• In one breathtaking long shot, Phil and a handful of other men walk along a road in near-perfect synchrony, their bodies stretched across the screen in an unbroken line.
  — New York Times, 30 Nov. 2021

Last Updated: 29 Jul 2024