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Recent Examples of soundproof
Adjective
Photo: Interiors by Kat A soundproof music room in the basement. Adriane Quinlan, Curbed, 21 Apr. 2025 The company's trains will be outfitted with comfortable, soundproof cabins for optimal sleeping. Evie Carrick, Travel + Leisure, 18 Apr. 2025
Verb
There’s also a one-bedroom guesthouse that Schlessinger soundproofed and used as a studio, plus a three-car garage topped by a guest or staff apartment and a fitness pavilion with a gym and guest suite. Wendy Bowman, Robb Report, 23 Jan. 2025 A little office with large windows is going to be soundproofed and turned into a recording/podcast studio, and a rare books room will be open by appointment. James Bartlett, Los Angeles Times, 5 Dec. 2024 See All Example Sentences for soundproof
Recent Examples of Synonyms for soundproof
Adjective
  • Over-the-sink dish racks should be waterproof and take preventive measures to eliminate rust and corrosion.
    BestReviews, Chicago Tribune, 30 June 2025
  • These lights are waterproof and can withstand winter weather.
    Christopher Murray may earn a commission if you buy through our referral links. This content was created by a team that works independently from the Fox newsroom., FOXNews.com, 30 June 2025
Verb
  • This helps to keep the seed insulated over the winter.
    Kim Toscano, Southern Living, 28 June 2025
  • Their interior walls were lined with clay to insulate them and prevent water from seeping inside during bad weather.
    Eli Wizevich, Smithsonian Magazine, 26 June 2025
Adjective
  • The shells, which are watertight and surprisingly sturdy, usually can be completed for a project in 24 hours.
    Sam Lubell, Los Angeles Times, 9 May 2025
  • Subjected to an almost watertight international arms embargo, Iran was forced to rely mostly on self-sufficiency, religious zeal, and patriotism.
    Foreign Affairs, Foreign Affairs, 25 Feb. 2025
Adjective
  • Natural corks, while not entirely airtight, typically allow only a minimal amount of oxygen to enter over time.
    Roger Dooley, Forbes, 12 Dec. 2024
  • The neighbor’s sign, while biting, underscored an emerging reality in Arizona’s sizable Latter-day Saints community — that while church members are overwhelmingly Republican, there is some erosion in their traditionally airtight support for Republicans.
    Faith E. Pinho, Los Angeles Times, 13 Oct. 2024
Adjective
  • The comparisons are mostly unflattering to The Phoenician Scheme, which is neither as touching nor as joyful as those earlier films, choked by the hermetic tidiness that occasionally haunts Anderson’s work.
    Scott Tobias, Vulture, 7 June 2025
  • Homes in my neighborhood have Knicks flags on their stoops swaying in the wind; hermetic friends have dusted off their Stephon Marbury and Amar’e Stoudemire jerseys and come through to stress over Thibs’ refusal to use his bench.
    Alphonse Pierre, Pitchfork, 22 May 2025

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“Soundproof.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/soundproof. Accessed 5 Jul. 2025.

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