as in auditory
of, relating to, or experienced through the sense of hearing
a quiet room for people seeking relief from the overload of aural stimulus just outside
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Recent Examples of aural
All this comes down to Eggers’s skill at drawing out aural and visual textures from his team’s impeccable period-specific production design.
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Bob Sassone, Vulture, 17 Dec. 2024
The result is an unfamiliar and deeply sensual aural clash of whistles, clicks, and consonants, each molded and metamorphosed by their enveloping fungal tissue.
—Mariana Fernández, ARTnews.com, 18 Dec. 2024
The observational shots are complicated by a strange aural motif.
—Doreen St. Félix, The New Yorker, 14 Dec. 2024
Patel will soon continue his genre streak with Rabbit Trap, an isolated aural nightmare from director Bryn Chainey and producer Elijah Wood.
—Ryan Coleman, EW.com, 12 Dec. 2024
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Bob Sassone, Vulture, 17 Dec. 2024
The result is an unfamiliar and deeply sensual aural clash of whistles, clicks, and consonants, each molded and metamorphosed by their enveloping fungal tissue.
—Mariana Fernández, ARTnews.com, 18 Dec. 2024
The observational shots are complicated by a strange aural motif.
—Doreen St. Félix, The New Yorker, 14 Dec. 2024
Patel will soon continue his genre streak with Rabbit Trap, an isolated aural nightmare from director Bryn Chainey and producer Elijah Wood.
—Ryan Coleman, EW.com, 12 Dec. 2024
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“Aural.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/aural. Accessed 1 Feb. 2025.
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