How to Use acoustic in a Sentence

acoustic

adjective

• She loves listening to acoustic folk music.
• Harps and acoustic guitars help set the old-world mood.
  — Ellen Gamerman, WSJ, 30 Oct. 2022
• On the title track, Rose swaps keys for his first love, the acoustic guitar.
  — Sarah Grant, SPIN, 10 Apr. 2024
• Kevin Bacon played an acoustic version of the remix, and used an ear of corn to strum along to the catchy beat.
  — Anna Lazarus Caplan, Peoplemag, 6 Jan. 2023
• Brandi Carlisle will start off with an acoustic set at 7 p.m., and Joni and friends are set to come out at 9.
  — Mikael Wood, Los Angeles Times, 10 June 2023
• In the next slide, the Sour songstress shared a video of the stunning duet, which was backed only by Crow on acoustic guitar.
  — Bailey Richards, Peoplemag, 30 Sep. 2023
• And Ed walks out there with an acoustic guitar over his back.
  — John Seabrook, The New Yorker, 5 Dec. 2022
• The timing was also right for the band to make the album acoustic, the way only DKM can do it.
  — Liza Lentini, SPIN, 30 Sep. 2022
• Now, the band has tapped The National’s Matt Berninger for a cozy acoustic take on life’s in betweens.
  — Starr Bowenbank, Billboard, 30 Oct. 2023
• When the band Oasis was in town, Noel Gallagher came in and asked to see a rare Gibson acoustic stored away in the back of the shop.
  — Alex Vadukul, New York Times, 25 Nov. 2022
• This then works like an acoustic pipette, blasting the mixture with sound waves.
  — Michael Irving, New Atlas, 21 Oct. 2024
• Young performed the track from his couch with an acoustic guitar.
  — Ilana Kaplan, People.com, 26 Dec. 2024
• When Love Finds You, strumming an acoustic guitar while the house band backs him up.
  — Jon Freeman, Rolling Stone, 15 Sep. 2022
• If there was acoustic guitar, there was a guy playing that.
  — Andy Greene, Rolling Stone, 26 July 2023
• For years at parties, Naderi would pick up an acoustic guitar and strum a tune or two.
  — Matt Wake | [e-mail], al, 21 July 2022
• Taylor Swift paused her acoustic set of her Stockholm Eras Tour show to check on fans.
  — Nicole Fallert, USA TODAY, 20 May 2024
• The cabin should be quiet thanks to the sound-deadening acoustic front and side glass.
  — Michael Harley, Forbes, 30 Dec. 2024
• Evan’s uncle, Casey Scharf, played acoustic guitar while cousin Kate Grahn led the singing.
  — Cynthia Littleton, Variety, 24 May 2022
• Ducks swam in the pond as a few members of the Salut band played acoustic guitar and bellini cocktails were passed around.
  — Alexandra MacOn, Vogue, 20 Jan. 2023
• The acoustic sculpture has been part of San Francisco since 1986.
  — Stacey Leasca, Travel + Leisure, 2 June 2023
• Beck is slated to open with acoustic sets for the band’s North America leg.
  — Ej Panaligan, Variety, 1 Sep. 2022
• That knowledge is crucial for the acoustic method of counting whales.
  — Alena Naiden, Anchorage Daily News, 7 Aug. 2022
• But they’d no longer be allowed to use a live DJ or acoustic sound, says Bill Brown, the committee’s vice chair.
  — Susannah Bryan, Sun Sentinel, 12 Jan. 2024
• Cymbals crash crisply and tightly, and there is plenty of room in the soundstage for the acoustic guitar.
  — PCMAG, 11 Dec. 2024
• Avery had played acoustic guitar all the time at the beginning of Jane’s.
  — Aaron Gilbreath, SPIN, 31 Dec. 2024
• Many songs begin with acoustic finger-picking, and quite a few of them stay there.
  — Chris Willman, Variety, 4 July 2024
• As the fire began to roar, some people grabbed acoustic guitars and began to play.
  — David Bulley, BostonGlobe.com, 13 Oct. 2022
• The team did not record any of the dolphins’ acoustic signals during playtime.
  — Laura Baisas, Popular Science, 2 Oct. 2024
• And many set designers don’t want to be forced into building boxes all the time to help us with the acoustic.
  — Ben Miller, New York Times, 24 Mar. 2023
• And the group has, improbably, just finished their second of two acoustic sets; the first was by the baggage claim.
  — Noah Shachtman, Rolling Stone, 15 Mar. 2023

Last Updated: 16 Jan 2025