How to Use sonic in a Sentence

sonic

adjective
  • Those who work at home will have to deal with the sonic blitzkrieg.
    — Sal Vaglica, wsj.com, 10 May 2023
  • The rest of the album weaves in and out of different moods and sonic vibes.
    — Troy L. Smith, cleveland, 7 Jan. 2022
  • This was the sonic equivalent of that new type of wartime movie, the home front film.
    — Christian Blauvelt, Billboard, 1 Nov. 2021
  • Is there a sonic motif that had as big a year in K-pop as The Funky Bassline?
    — Billboard Staff, Billboard, 23 Dec. 2020
  • The shrimp uses these bubbles as a kind of sonic weapon to knock out its prey.
    — Eric Niiler, Wired, 28 Feb. 2020
  • The sonic building blocks owe a debt to the minimalism of the White Stripes and Black Keys.
    — Hector Saldana, San Antonio Express-News, 30 June 2021
  • But no amount of sonic discourse can combat the attack of the Suns.
    — Mike Hart, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 10 July 2021
  • And that’s just the tip of this enchanting sonic iceberg.
    — San Diego Union-Tribune, 15 Jan. 2023
  • No one was spared the sound of sonic booms and claps of high explosives, along with the fear that your house could be next.
    — Matt Gutman, ABC News, 25 May 2021
  • Messages broadcast through the ocean need to be sonic, too.
    — The Economist, 17 Oct. 2020
  • So how come the shrimp appears immune to its sonic weapon?
    — Jennifer Ouellette, Ars Technica, 12 July 2022
  • Whole Lotta Red set the sonic landscape of rap for the early 2020s.
    — Carl Lamarre, Billboard, 25 Mar. 2025
  • Thus, like every day he's lived in the past half-decade, the song arrives like a sonic tourniquet.
    — Marcus K. Dowling, The Tennessean, 23 Dec. 2024
  • Try to think of expressions to describe the sonic world.
    — Adam Rathe, Town & Country, 16 Feb. 2022
  • Most people see the humor in it, and the way the woozy sonic touches play into the exploits of a pothead.
    — Julyssa Lopez, Rolling Stone, 8 Mar. 2023
  • It’s these five, specifically the two from Jewel, that set the sonic tone for the film.
    — Lily Moayeri, Variety, 16 Sep. 2021
  • But as with the visuals, there’s a method to Frank’s sonic madness.
    — Jason Heller, The Atlantic, 11 Sep. 2019
  • The result is Juli, a sonic brush that gets into crevices and shakes loose gunk, leaving sparkles and shine.
    — Nicole Hvidsten, Star Tribune, 25 Nov. 2020
  • On one level, the album is the sonic equivalent of a grimy, sweaty dance floor.
    — Meg Walters, Glamour, 22 July 2024
  • Purists won't enjoy this sonic approach, but bass lovers should get a kick out of the low-end response.
    — PCMAG, 5 Feb. 2024
  • The show and its bare-bones sonic format became one of ’90s rock’s biggest fads.
    — Matt Wake | [email protected], al, 1 Sep. 2020
  • The sonic jewelry displayed glitters in the ear on and on.
    — Christopher Smith, Orange County Register, 23 July 2024
  • The result is a sonic tapestry as rich as the scenes Ross creates in his lyrics.
    — Justin Curto, Vulture, 16 Apr. 2021
  • The album shifts the sonic lens in ways that feel natural and welcome.
    — Jon Dolan, Rolling Stone, 24 Oct. 2024
  • Last June, just as the group was on the cusp of a sonic evolution, Groggs died, at thirty-two.
    — Sheldon Pearce, The New Yorker, 21 Sep. 2021
  • Then there’s the structure and sonic texture of the music itself.
    — Raisa Bruner, Time, 30 Aug. 2019
  • This is a band that has performed at big venues, that roams sonic landscapes and seldom stays still.
    — Reed Johnson, Los Angeles Times, 18 Aug. 2023
  • And there’s a loose, jazzy verve to the production, a sort of sonic and visual razzmatazz that gives the film a fanciful Oceans 11-style gloss.
    — Leah Greenblatt, EW.com, 3 Dec. 2020
  • The album also marks a subtle sonic pivot, as the band leans further into their pop instincts and Haden’s knack for a cheeky, winking lyric.
    — Liam Hess, Vogue, 2 May 2025
  • Wear Repellents No matter what the hype, candles, sonic devices, and bracelets don’t keep mosquitoes away.
    — Arricca Elin Sansone, Southern Living, 11 May 2025

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