How to Use background noise in a Sentence

background noise

noun
  • Sports is just the background noise to our summer.
    — Joe Kinsey Outkick, FOXNews.com, 12 June 2026
  • Just 82 episodes of background noise.
    — Mike Bianchi, The Orlando Sentinel, 16 Aug. 2025
  • This one can block out background noise and provide a sense of calm.
    — Sunset Staff, Sunset Magazine, 10 Oct. 2023
  • Your boss is a yeller, but by now his barking is just background noise.
    — Jessica Dulong, CNN, 23 Feb. 2024
  • The recorder is built to cut out background noise and get crisp, clear recordings.
    — Christopher Murray, FOXNews.com, 19 Apr. 2025
  • Why is the background noise in Hallmark movies so loud?
    — Rich Heldenfels, Boston Herald, 30 Nov. 2025
  • Voices sound clear and the mics reject background noise quite well.
    — PCMAG, 20 May 2024
  • The alerts become background noise.
    — Robert B. Shpiner, STAT, 13 Mar. 2026
  • Strong white papers are not just background noise and a page filler on your website.
    — April Rudin, Forbes, 29 Feb. 2024
  • The mic also filters out background noise to make your voice clear for any phone calls.
    — PC Magazine, 17 Oct. 2025
  • Stagflation fears that were background noise three months ago are now front and center.
    — Jason Kirsch, Forbes.com, 20 May 2026
  • This is his world view—that meaning comes from the voice, its pauses, the background noise.
    — Doreen St. Félix, The New Yorker, 15 July 2024
  • The result is clearer calls, no ugly boom mic and far less background noise.
    — Mark Sparrow, Forbes.com, 21 Jan. 2026
  • Like any public transportation, there can be a lot of background noise on a plane.
    — Symiah Dorsey, Southern Living, 15 Aug. 2025
  • Now the hits mostly sound like background noise for shopping malls and open-plan offices.
    — Philip Martin, Arkansas Online, 26 June 2025
  • There’s the pleasant background noise of gossipy girls’ dinners and third dates.
    — Anna Grace Lee, Vogue, 2 July 2026
  • If those are present, your best messaging becomes background noise.
    — Shawn Galloway, Forbes.com, 12 Mar. 2026
  • Small clips of his craziness can be too easily dismissed as the background noise of our times.
    — Susan B. Glasser, The New Yorker, 14 Mar. 2024
  • The buds also employ this function to block out background noise for taking phone calls.
    — New Atlas, 23 Jan. 2025
  • In a test call, my voice sounded clear and the mic did a fine job of mitigating background noise.
    — PCMAG, 6 Apr. 2024
  • The cicadas of a Beijing summer day drowned out the background noise.
    — Ian Johnson, Foreign Affairs, 22 Aug. 2023
  • Both could prove helpful in noisy environments with a lot of background noise.
    — Simon Hill, Wired News, 10 June 2025
  • Early recordings of Morbid have so much of my background noise.
    — Julian Sancton, The Hollywood Reporter, 12 Aug. 2024
  • The mics paired with this setup captured my voice well enough but do little to cancel out background noise.
    — PCMAG, 27 Sep. 2024
  • Our tester found the sound clear and balanced across all media, from music to movies, even when background noise was present.
    — Cheryl Fenton, Parents, 3 Dec. 2024
  • There is some background noise left over, but it is covered up by the audio from my music or podcast.
    — Christian De Looper, PC Magazine, 30 June 2026
  • Some use them as sleep aids, relying on the steady audio to mask background noise and help the brain unwind.
    — Samantha Agate, Charlotte Observer, 30 Mar. 2026
  • The buzz and chatter of background noise on the streets became brighter, louder, and clearer.
    — Charlotte Hu, Popular Science, 7 Sep. 2023
  • Fraud has become the de facto background noise of our existence.
    — Orlando Sentinel and New York Daily News Editorial Boards, Orlando Sentinel, 13 July 2024
  • In test recordings, my voice sounded clear and easy to understand, even with background noise.
    — PC Magazine, 11 Apr. 2025

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