How to Use reverberation in a Sentence

reverberation

noun
  • Although the room was very big, her voice could be heard with little reverberation.
  • The reverberations will be felt soon, and the NFC North is a good place to keep an eye on.
    Brad Biggs, chicagotribune.com, 4 Sep. 2017
  • And with no means of escape, the reverberations went on and on and on.
    David Kelly, latimes.com, 18 Sep. 2017
  • The reverberations of the on-field stunt still resonate to this day.
    Paul Sullivan, chicagotribune.com, 12 June 2019
  • The whir of the engine thrums, a constant reverberation felt in the teeth.
    New York Times, 24 Apr. 2021
  • The reverberations of that vote were felt throughout the Olympic world.
    Michael Powell, New York Times, 4 Aug. 2016
  • The NWSL has outlived both, but the reverberations of the past leagues failing can still be felt.
    Emily Giambalvo, The Seattle Times, 10 July 2017
  • On the balcony, there is is the kind of reverberation that lends cathedrals their sense of awe.
    Mark Swed, Los Angeles Times, 30 May 2021
  • The reverberations will impact the league for at least the next four seasons.
    Jeff Zillgitt, USA TODAY, 6 July 2019
  • One set of instruments is the dark twin, the reverberation, of the other.
    Gaiutra Bahadur, New York Times, 26 May 2017
  • The fight over trade has had reverberations in the U.S. Senate race in Missouri.
    Bryan Lowry, kansascity, 6 Apr. 2018
  • The reverberation, like an echo, affects the perception of how large the room is.
    Matthew J. Palm, orlandosentinel.com, 27 Aug. 2021
  • Asics hadn’t made much of a splash in the trail running space for a while but re-emerges with a stomping reverberation in the form of the Trabuco Max.
    Adam Chase, Outside Online, 25 May 2021
  • Each guitar and bass strum is a reverberation of the heat and passion Usher and his lover feel.
    Dylan Green, Vulture, 20 Feb. 2024
  • In practical terms, that means aligning the visual reverberations to the rhythms of the source text.
    Ben Croll, Variety, 23 Apr. 2023
  • So when these two forces collided, the reverberations were felt all over the world.
    Stephanie McNeal, Glamour, 25 Sep. 2023
  • There are sources and there are commentaries, Richter tells us, events and reverberations of those events.
    Susan Tallman, The New York Review of Books, 25 Apr. 2020
  • How do anechoic chambers work? Noise, reverberations, and echoes are all around, all the time.
    Charlotte Hu, Popular Science, 7 Sep. 2023
  • Or the reverberation coursing through your body when striking the first chord on a guitar?
    Gen Cleary, Rolling Stone, 31 July 2023
  • The front end of the bike, however, was as stiff as a race machine, chopping around on the dusty roads and sending reverberations through my hands, arms, and neck.
    Aaron Gulley, Outside Online, 28 Mar. 2018
  • For indie producers, the reverberations of the strike might be felt for much longer than for big studios.
    Nick Vivarelli, Variety, 10 Nov. 2023
  • What was said next, if anything, was cut off by the immense reverberation as 790 feet of steel sank beneath the raging sea.
    Douglas Preston, New York Times, 1 May 2018
  • There would be reverberations from both cases for decades to come.
    Kayla Jimenez, USA TODAY, 17 May 2024
  • The reverberations from the blast were felt 20 miles away, with smoke and flames visible from nearby freeways.
    Bill Van Niekerken, SFChronicle.com, 15 Oct. 2019
  • Love her because doing so fills you with aliveness and abundance and the reverberations of the universe.
    Anna Pulley, RedEye Chicago, 9 July 2018
  • Yamaye kicks back against the men who oppress her through the ghostly sounds and fiery reverberations of the music, creating a safe space for her mind and body.
    Becky Meloan, Washington Post, 30 Mar. 2023
  • But the lab is best known for its anechoic chamber: a room that is completely void of reverberations.
    Eleanor Cummins, Popular Science, 6 Jan. 2020
  • Its two-second glow of reverberation seemed to defy laws of physics.
    Dallas News, 14 Feb. 2023
  • The reverberation of a tuning fork — Remedios had brought one to rehearsal — seemed the right ballpark noise, but there were further details to consider.
    Celia Wren, Washington Post, 4 July 2024
  • Photograph by Megan Cullen In recent years, there has been even more reason for Cave to ruminate on chaos and its reverberations, both tragic and beautiful.
    The New Yorker, 9 Aug. 2024

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