How to Use unamplified in a Sentence

unamplified

adjective
  • Few of us could have heard unamplified music in more than a year.
    Alex Ross, The New Yorker, 21 June 2021
  • Steinmetz Hall, a state-of-the-art venue for unamplified music, is scheduled to open by fall 2020.
    Matthew J. Palm, orlandosentinel.com, 1 Aug. 2019
  • The unamplified crystalline sound of the singers — pure, modern but somehow Bach-like, too — seemed to lift the dancers as the whole lifted the audience.
    Leah Garchik, San Francisco Chronicle, 14 Feb. 2018
  • Open up the rest of the public areas of the park to all the free — but unamplified, please — expression that anyone would ever want to offer or hear.
    Eric Zorn, chicagotribune.com, 17 Sep. 2019
  • In the quiet of Mater Dolorosa, his unamplified voice resonated.
    Keith Spera, NOLA.com, 5 Nov. 2020
  • The unamplified music was full and rich, with the large canopy over the courtyard producing a welcome reverberation.
    George Varga, San Diego Union-Tribune, 12 Apr. 2021
  • On opening night, sound quality was erratic through portions of the show, with unamplified performers’ words swallowed by the theater.
    Matthew J. Palm, orlandosentinel.com, 19 Feb. 2021
  • Most of the arrangements here keep things simple, generally leaning on unamplified sounds to complement Lynn’s country-as-grits voice.
    Jon Freeman, Rolling Stone, 17 Mar. 2021
  • After having an unamplified conversation with fans closest to the stage and an exhibition of twerking to fill a few moments, Lizzo turned to walk offstage when her microphone sprang back to life.
    David Lindquist, Indianapolis Star, 11 Dec. 2019
  • The theater is acoustically perfect for unamplified singers and musicians, and the design team has made excellent use of the theater’s lighting and projection technology.
    Pam Kragen, San Diego Union-Tribune, 10 Aug. 2019
  • However, the other model simulated a smaller increase of 8 percent, which is close to the unamplified effect of water vapor capacity in warmer air.
    Scott K. Johnson, Ars Technica, 17 Dec. 2017
  • Bennett said this will create an intimacy between the singers and audience, and the singers’ unamplified voices will expand more evenly and naturally throughout the 3,000-seat Civic auditorium.
    Pam Kragen, San Diego Union-Tribune, 13 Oct. 2019
  • But the theater’s intimacy allows for unamplified vocals and raises the emotional stakes of the piece, with its combustive romantic triangle and unstable magical kingdom of unicorns, fairies and jousting knights.
    Julia M. Klein, Philly.com, 27 May 2018
  • Hearing them live in a regular unamplified environment was certainly very impressive.
    Steve Marinucci, Billboard, 28 Oct. 2019

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