How to Use amplifier in a Sentence

amplifier

noun
  • He plugged his electric guitar into an amplifier.
  • But what if hearing aids were more than just amplifiers?
    — IEEE Spectrum, 7 Jan. 2026
  • Think of the bell of horns as an amplifier of the kind of aerosols that spread the virus.
    — Taylor Pittman, NOLA.com, 31 Jan. 2021
  • The sound came mostly from the stage amplifiers.
    — Air Mail, 30 May 2026
  • No voice amplifiers will be used as part of animal chats.
    — Katie Wiseman, IndyStar, 21 Oct. 2025
  • Power drives the diode and the diode drives the fiber amplifier.
    — Fox News, 28 May 2020
  • The vestibule door opens like a crypt, releasing the howl of amplifiers.
    — Brooks Kubena, The Athletic, 2 Aug. 2024
  • Van Halen would go on to give him one of his signature amplifiers.
    — Matt Wake | [email protected], al, 8 Jan. 2020
  • The brain wave amplifier gave way to other high-tech gadgetry.
    — New York Times, 1 Dec. 2021
  • There’s power in seeing age not as a limit but as an amplifier of style.
    — Karissa Mitchell, Essence, 10 July 2025
  • If it is not approved, then it is simply referred to as a sound amplifier.
    — Dallas News, 19 Oct. 2022
  • Küroğlu often tells patients that winter is not a cause but an amplifier.
    — Connie Etemadi, Miami Herald, 31 Dec. 2025
  • But the most important items in both places are the turntables, tube amplifiers and speakers.
    — Ben Ratliff, New York Times, 3 June 2019
  • For people who have problems speaking, there are devices such as text-to-speech apps or voice amplifiers.
    — Emily Kay Votruba, EverydayHealth.com, 31 Jan. 2025
  • My next move was to get an amplifier and a pair of passive monitor speakers.
    — Paul Miller, The Verge, 6 May 2018
  • Its sound isn't vintage, with two drivers and a woofer, and a 60 watt amplifier.
    — Medea Giordano, Wired, 25 June 2020
  • The lagoon acts as an amplifier.
    — Daniel Cassady, ARTnews.com, 4 May 2026
  • That debut was followed a year later with the launch of a new streamer as well as two new streaming amplifiers.
    — Mark Sparrow, Forbes.com, 3 Sep. 2025
  • For 60 years, Marshall amplifiers have been humped on and off stages and carted all over the world.
    — Mark Sparrow, Forbes.com, 26 Aug. 2025
  • His guitar lay on the bed, plugged in, the little amplifier on the floor humming faintly.
    — Karl Ove Knausgaard, Harpers Magazine, 29 Apr. 2025
  • The cables that carry the current to the microwave amplifier run along the arm of the torsion bar.
    — Chris Lee, Ars Technica, 21 May 2018
  • The rear of the active speaker has a host of ports, as well as vents for the dual Class-D amplifiers.
    — Mark Knapp, PCMAG, 5 June 2024
  • While the amplifier is contained in the right speaker, the power supply isn’t.
    — PCMAG, 27 Oct. 2024
  • There is little point in having a cool amplifier and great speakers if the stylus on your record-player is worn out.
    — The Economist, 21 Nov. 2019
  • The horn is the most ancient amplifier, a physical sound-thrower that can transport a large air mass.
    — Sasha Frere-Jones, Harper’s Magazine , 9 Nov. 2022
  • The books and shows diverge after Alina has to kill Mal to use him as an amplifier.
    — Town & Country, 23 Mar. 2023
  • The transistors serve as amplifiers or switches, turning power off and on to parts of the spacecraft.
    — Bypaul Voosen, science.org, 11 July 2024
  • These were mood amplifiers, filling in the silence where Drake’s voice trailed off, and warming the edges of his restraint.
    — arkansasonline.com, 5 July 2025
  • There is no amplifier or receiver in the mix, the amplifiers are built into one of the speakers.
    — Brad Moon, Forbes, 29 Sep. 2024
  • The group isn't composed of one or two DJs tucked behind a set of decks hidden behind a wall of amplifiers and screens.
    — Yoshina Okamoto, Anchorage Daily News, 21 June 2018

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