How to Use ambient in a Sentence

ambient

adjective
  • People shopped as ambient music played in the background.
  • Keep the chemicals at an ambient temperature of 70°F.
  • Pair it with a dimmable bulb for a more ambient glow.
    — Kate McGregor, Architectural Digest, 6 Nov. 2025
  • When screens are far brighter or dimmer than the ambient light, your eyes work extra hard.
    — Claire Bugos, Verywell Health, 25 Sep. 2025
  • The ambient temperature of the raw meat walk-in was too warm.
    — Camila Pedrosa, Sacbee.com, 17 Oct. 2025
  • If there's too much ambient light, night mode might let in too much and overexpose your photos.
    — Kaycee Sloan, Cincinnati Enquirer, 6 Nov. 2025
  • If there's too much ambient light, night mode might let in too much and overexpose your photos.
    — David Ferrara, Cincinnati Enquirer, 19 Jan. 2026
  • Voiceover artists, who don’t own their own sound studios, need to tape when ambient noise is at a minimum.
    — Kathy Kristof, San Diego Union-Tribune, 13 Apr. 2026
  • Add in some ambient lighting and a plant or two to brighten up the space, and your analog room is good to go.
    — Natalia Senanayake, PEOPLE, 30 Jan. 2026
  • An onboard ambient light sensor can be used to turn lights brighter as more people enter a room.
    — Jennifer Pattison Tuohy, The Verge, 24 Feb. 2023
  • The first preset creates ambient lighting that can set the tone of the party.
    — Mark Sparrow, Forbes.com, 26 Aug. 2025
  • Reflector strips on his backpack catch a bit of ambient light, though the overhead porch light is off.
    — Paige Williams, New Yorker, 14 Feb. 2026
  • This will allow the buds to adjust volume based on ambient noise levels.
    — ArsTechnica, 3 Sep. 2025
  • The lights can even change based on ambient noise, like party music or a TV show.
    — Condé Nast, WIRED, 11 July 2023
  • Other things like the ‘cool blue’ ambient lighting all around the dashboard are neat touches as well.
    — New Atlas, 4 July 2026
  • It is now considered a milestone of ambient and new-age music.
    — Jon Pareles, New York Times, 9 Feb. 2023
  • The ambient lighting and gray walls create a scene of warmth and moodiness.
    — Austin American Statesman, 15 Jan. 2026
  • The study didn’t observe the effects of ambient noise on babies or children.
    — Kaan Ozcan, NBC news, 4 Feb. 2026
  • Much like ambient lighting, fragrance can instantly shift the mood of a space.
    — Ariel Wodarcyk, InStyle, 11 June 2026
  • Lights and candles are ideal for low, ambient lighting.
    — Madeline Buiano, Martha Stewart, 27 Apr. 2026
  • Place battery candles in lanterns for safe ambient lighting.
    — Lauren Jarvis-Gibson, Sacbee.com, 13 Apr. 2026
  • There are markdowns on autumn wreaths, scented candles, ambient string lights, and so much more.
    — Clara McMahon, Peoplemag, 30 Sep. 2023
  • That should go a long way toward offsetting the effects of any ambient light in your studio.
    — PCMAG, 26 Jan. 2024
  • Then wiggle a little bit away from this point, floating off the lattice into the ambient space.
    — Kelsey Houston-Edwards, Scientific American, 16 Jan. 2024
  • Cycling through soft colors in the app and syncing it with ambient music is soothing.
    — Sheena Vasani, The Verge, 25 Apr. 2026
  • Hatch's Restore machine, which is an alarm clock, sound machine, and ambient light.
    — Kelly Allen, House Beautiful, 9 Mar. 2023
  • There are gorgeous fall wreaths, adorable Halloween displays, ambient fairy lights, and so much more.
    — Clara McMahon, Peoplemag, 24 Sep. 2023
  • Half the plants were grown in ambient temperatures.
    — Drew Kann, AJC.com, 12 Jan. 2026
  • The title gently fades onto the screen as ambient music plays and police lights flash.
    — Grace Byron, Vulture, 13 Oct. 2025
  • The smart lights adjust to ambient light conditions and function as brake lights when slowing.
    — Kevin Brouillard, Travel + Leisure, 22 Feb. 2023

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