10 sentences with 'sound'
Example sentences and phrases with the word sound and other words derived from it.
• « In a small room such as a shower, a particular sound effect occurs: there are certain wavelengths that exactly match - technically, that fit exactly - the dimensions of the bathroom. When singing reaches one of these frequencies (the number of frequencies varies), the sound is amplified considerably, as if it bounces back instead of being lost, increasing in intensity several times. »
• « Seeing with sound? Yes, it is possible in bats. The emission of ultrasound waves allows them to represent anything or any living thing three-dimensionally and accurately. »
• « There are bugs that "see" by sound. The verb "see" is inaccurate but not entirely: light does not partake of this bat and dolphin sense, echolocation, but nevertheless its users achieve as accurate, thorough, three-dimensional and coherent a sonic representation of things as their sight gives man. And what can the human bug gain from this - a new artificial sense to add to its five natural ones? Reopen the windows of the world to the blind? »
• « At that distance, the sound discharges from the bat's echolocator are so deafening that they trigger a second auditory alarm, the "red alert" alarm. The moth then folds its wings and drops like a stone. »
• « A few seconds later he heard a faint creaking sound, similar to that of a wooden sailboat heeling in the wind. »
• « Then a familiar phrase is heard: "The hills come alive to the sound of music" and, suddenly, it appears ... could it be possible? »