How to Use acoustic in a Sentence

acoustic

adjective
  • She loves listening to acoustic folk music.
  • The sound is rich in deep bass and acoustic detail.
    — George Yang, PC Magazine, 16 Mar. 2026
  • Myke hands her her acoustic guitar and gives her a kiss.
    — Allison P. Davis, Vulture, 8 Sep. 2025
  • My dad bought me an acoustic guitar.
    — Jack Irvin, PEOPLE, 13 May 2026
  • The bassist plays both acoustic and electric.
    — Christopher Arnott, Hartford Courant, 4 June 2026
  • Just him and an acoustic guitar.
    — Joey Guerra, Houston Chronicle, 23 Feb. 2026
  • Mark croons and strums campfire acoustic.
    — Jonathan Terrell, Rolling Stone, 23 Sep. 2025
  • And Ed walks out there with an acoustic guitar over his back.
    — John Seabrook, The New Yorker, 5 Dec. 2022
  • One man brought out his acoustic guitar and played under a tree.
    — New York Times, 15 Aug. 2021
  • That was the basis for sticking with a bunch of acoustic-y songs.
    — Jonathan Cohen, SPIN, 8 Apr. 2026
  • Young performed the track from his couch with an acoustic guitar.
    — Ilana Kaplan, People.com, 26 Dec. 2024
  • Her first group was a punk band, but with acoustic instruments and no amps.
    — Beth Wood Writer, San Diego Union-Tribune, 22 Aug. 2021
  • Brown co-wrote each of the songs and built the music around his acoustic guitar.
    — Cindy Watts, PEOPLE.com, 20 Oct. 2021
  • This then works like an acoustic pipette, blasting the mixture with sound waves.
    — Michael Irving, New Atlas, 21 Oct. 2024
  • The built an acoustic atom, a chip-scale device that can trap and control sound waves.
    — Ameya Paleja, Interesting Engineering, 3 June 2026
  • Across the hall was a guy who had an old Martin acoustic guitar.
    — Marc Myers, WSJ, 26 Oct. 2021
  • What’s the best children’s acoustic guitar to buy?
    — Bestreviews, Mercury News, 7 Nov. 2025
  • The process is always me and Joel and an acoustic guitar.
    — Roxana Hadadi, Vulture, 22 Sep. 2025
  • Rapp was backed by a pair of soothing acoustic guitars and a harp player.
    — Tomás Mier, Rolling Stone, 17 Oct. 2025
  • The artists showcased the two songs on acoustic guitar and vocals.
    — Emily Zemler, Rolling Stone, 30 June 2025
  • On the title track, Rose swaps keys for his first love, the acoustic guitar.
    — Sarah Grant, SPIN, 10 Apr. 2024
  • That knowledge is crucial for the acoustic method of counting whales.
    — Alena Naiden, Anchorage Daily News, 7 Aug. 2022
  • For years at parties, Naderi would pick up an acoustic guitar and strum a tune or two.
    — Matt Wake | [email protected], al, 21 July 2022
  • His home office, which is lined with acoustic and electric guitars, looks a bit like a lounge.
    — Zachary Halaschak, Washington Examiner, 25 Mar. 2021
  • Climate change is also rewriting the ocean’s acoustic script.
    — Laura Baisas, Popular Science, 11 Sep. 2025
  • The cabin should be quiet thanks to the sound-deadening acoustic front and side glass.
    — Michael Harley, Forbes, 30 Dec. 2024
  • In past years, that’s often been a gentle acoustic farewell of sorts, but this year Tweedy came to rock.
    — Simon Vozick-Levinson, Rolling Stone, 29 June 2026
  • This adds a little extra twang to the acoustic and electric guitars.
    — Mark Knapp, PC Magazine, 1 Apr. 2026
  • The show ended with Springsteen alone on stage with an acoustic guitar.
    — Andy Greene, Rolling Stone, 14 June 2026
  • Swift mentions in the trailer that there is a new acoustic collection.
    — Bryan West, Nashville Tennessean, 5 Dec. 2025

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