How to Use sonar in a Sentence

sonar

noun

• They detected the submarine by using sonar.
• Echo sounders can use sonar to gauge the size of krill swarms.
  — Ed Yong, The Atlantic, 3 Nov. 2021
• The search took place on land, sea and air, and was done by foot and with drones and sonar, Sult said.
  — Madeline Holcombe and Deanna Hackney, CNN, 29 June 2019
• That is why ships employ sonar rather than radar to plumb the briny depths.
  — The Economist, 17 Oct. 2020
• Crews used drones, boats and sonar equipment in their search.
  — Fox News, 15 Dec. 2019
• The submersibles combed the bottom of the Weddell Sea, using sonar to scan for the wreck.
  — Michael Verdon, Robb Report, 9 Mar. 2022
• Orcas use sound to search for prey much the way a bat uses sonar in the pitch black of the night sky.
  — The Seattle Times, 19 May 2019
• For the stripers, a Tsunami Swim Shad is also a good choice—again, guide the lure right to the fish with sonar.
  — Frank Sargeant, al, 2 July 2021
• The ridges of the mountain are rugged — full of troughs and valleys that can hinder sonar.
  — Julie Cohn, BostonGlobe.com, 12 Aug. 2019
• This allows for a new look at the objects inside the sonar beam.
  — Chad Morgenthaler, Outdoor Life, 8 Aug. 2024
• That is the shape the Ralstons usually look for with their sonar.
  — Krista Stevens, Longreads, 10 Aug. 2020
• Divers were able to locate the Perez-Lopez at about 11:15 p.m. using sonar, Walls said.
  — Chancellor Winn, The Enquirer, 15 Feb. 2023
• The sheriff’s office said a drone and sonar are being used to help search for Allen.
  — oregonlive, 1 Sep. 2019
• As the fish swam out, the scientists also kept tabs on them via sonar.
  — Douglas Main, Animals, 18 Dec. 2020
• Teams are searching near Shoshone Lake on foot and by boat, and with the help of dog teams, a helicopter and sonar.
  — Kolbie Peterson, The Salt Lake Tribune, 29 Sep. 2021
• For those who may not know, forward-facing sonar is all the rage these days in the fishing world.
  — Matt Williams, Dallas News, 11 Nov. 2022
• Divers used sonar to search the lake, which is about 30 feet deep where the man was last seen, but have not recovered his body.
  — Clifford Ward, Chicago Tribune, 24 July 2023
• The wide sonar beam works like a lawn mower, going back and forth over an area to get a full picture.
  — Tara Duggan, San Francisco Chronicle, 25 Mar. 2023
• Instead, the city had to bring in sonar equipment to locate it, Trantalis said.
  — Larry Barszewski, sun-sentinel.com, 3 Aug. 2019
• Firefighters used search dogs, drones, sonar in their search, Pruitt said.
  — Vic Ryckaert, Indianapolis Star, 22 June 2018
• So the stealth sonar might simply be part of a larger tactic to keep rival males out of earshot.
  — Roni Dengler, Science | AAAS, 1 May 2018
• But fog and rough surf meant that a helicopter and boats with sonar were unable to take part in the search this morning.
  — Christopher Harress, AL.com, 26 Mar. 2018
• Crews used sonar, a drone, and a fire department canine.
  — BostonGlobe.com, 18 Sep. 2022
• As for intelligence: the F21 carries a sonar, which are its eyes and ears.
  — Christina MacKenzie, Popular Science, 20 Mar. 2020
• Out of high school, Terk served in the Navy as a submarine sonar specialist.
  — Aidin Vaziri, San Francisco Chronicle, 14 Feb. 2018
• Not with battery-power sonar equipment or a cat or a dog.
  — Byron McCauley, Cincinnati.com, 15 Feb. 2018
• And they were bothered by something: the location of the dipping sonar.
  — San Diego Union-Tribune, 18 Sep. 2021
• And there are the many, many hours spent scouring the lake bottom with sonar, hoping to find signs of a possible wreck.
  — Andrew Krueger, chicagotribune.com, 26 Sep. 2019
• Crews scoured the lake for weeks using divers, drones, sonar and cadaver K-9s, but never found him, officials said.
  — Emily Shapiro, ABC News, 11 Dec. 2024
• When Deep Sea Vision first announced the anomaly, Jourdan cautioned against using sonar imagery to identify anything on the seafloor.
  — Taylor Nicioli, CNN, 21 Nov. 2024

Last Updated: 21 Jan 2025