How to Use noise in a Sentence

noise

1 of 2 noun
  • I couldn't hear him over all the noise.
  • The furnace makes a lot of noise when it comes on.
  • We closed the windows to block out the traffic noise.
  • The sink was making a gurgling noise.
  • Do you hear that rattling noise?
  • The machine hardly makes any noise.
  • The landlord has been getting complaints from the tenants about noise.
  • That's not music. To me it's a bunch of noise.
  • There were noises coming from the basement.
  • The initial data included a lot of noise that had to be weeded out.
  • The noise stays out; calm takes over.
    — María Casbas, Condé Nast Traveler, 27 Jan. 2026
  • See, there was some noise over the house.
    — Tim Reynolds, Sun Sentinel, 8 May 2026
  • Block out the noise, and get them now!
    — Juhi Wadia, PC Magazine, 10 Mar. 2026
  • Drown out the noise, and get them now.
    — Juhi Wadia, PC Magazine, 8 May 2026
  • When your soul breaks through the noise to save you.
    — Angelique Jackson, Variety, 6 Sep. 2025
  • Kevin does his best to block out all that noise.
    — Cody Stavenhagen, New York Times, 24 Feb. 2026
  • Shut out the noise in your head and get them now!
    — Juhi Wadia, PC Magazine, 29 May 2026
  • There is a lot of noise to cut through in this space.
    — Andrea Strong, Bon Appetit Magazine, 10 Jan. 2026
  • Could those two make noise in the West?
    — Ira Winderman, Sun Sentinel, 29 May 2026
  • There's a lot of noise to cut through in this space.
    — Andrea Strong, Bon Appetit Magazine, 12 Jan. 2026
  • This squad is equipped to make noise in the East.
    — Fred Katz, New York Times, 2 Oct. 2025
  • The air is full of a low metallic noise.
    — Literary Hub, 4 Sep. 2025
  • There is more noise than ever right now.
    — Scott Hozebin, Forbes.com, 29 Aug. 2025
  • And there’s a lot of noise online.
    — Alexa Mikhail, Flow Space, 14 Apr. 2026
  • One of them was making a loud noise.
    — Jeanne Phillips, Mercury News, 25 Sep. 2025
  • There was a lot of noise from kids playing.
    — Alan Gionet, CBS News, 6 Apr. 2026
  • Don’t let the outside noise get to you.
    — Barry Jackson, Miami Herald, 10 Oct. 2025
  • Not all noise comes from inside the ship.
    — David Nikel, Forbes.com, 10 May 2026
  • That song was never loud for the sake of noise.
    — Hilary Lewis, HollywoodReporter, 8 Feb. 2026
  • There’s no outside noise right now.
    — Jon Greenberg, New York Times, 3 Oct. 2025

noise

2 of 2 verb
  • Writers who do not assign blame to noise.
    — Sloane Crosley, New Yorker, 8 June 2026
  • This filters noise from signals.
    — Expert Panel®, Forbes.com, 19 Feb. 2026
  • The shape of the airfoil is the key to noise generation here.
    — Manasee Wagh, Popular Mechanics, 11 Mar. 2022
  • From turbulence zones to noise hotspots, here’s how to pick the quietest, smoothest seat in economy.
    — Evie Carrick, Travel + Leisure, 27 Jan. 2026
  • At both, expect fiercely eclectic, unpredictable rock that can go from artsy pop to noise and back again in the space of a song.
    — New York Times, 7 June 2018
  • Prolonged exposure to noise at that level can cause a threshold shift in a person’s hearing.
    — Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 19 June 2018
  • The analysis reviewed more than 100 types of calls, from shootings to noise complaints.
    — Everton Bailey Jr., Dallas News, 8 June 2023
  • In practice, urgency frequently cuts through values, not just noise.
    — Jeremy Bradley-Silverio Donato, Forbes.com, 12 Jan. 2026
  • Beluga whales are an important part of the ecosystem; however, due to oil drilling and ocean noise their habitat and health is at risk.
    — Monica Cull, Discover Magazine, 9 Dec. 2021
  • Hence, the outcome is set by the system’s path, not external fluctuations, which makes the gate more resistant to noise.
    — Georgina Jedikovska, Interesting Engineering, 9 Apr. 2026
  • Researchers have studied the subject of canine sensitivity to noise more, though.
    — Cari Shane, Discover Magazine, 30 June 2022
  • The signal to noise ratio will disappoint those of us who would like rational conversation on this issue.
    — Keith Kloor, Discover Magazine, 22 Dec. 2012
  • But other scientists tie the tremors to noise generated as rising water is expelled from hot minerals in the slab.
    — Paul Voosen, Science | AAAS, 30 June 2021
  • That also meant the sound team needed to swap out the engine noises, since audiences needed to hear the sounds of the F1 engines.
    — Payton Turkeltaub, Variety, 16 Dec. 2025
  • The researchers also found that narwhals are extremely sensitive to noise from relatively far away.
    — Ashley Stimpson, Popular Mechanics, 7 Jan. 2022
  • The monkey noises may have been confused with barking from the student section, done to distract Beloit players when shooting free throws, the statement said.
    — Quinn Clark, Journal Sentinel, 27 Mar. 2023
  • Several years later, Teolis still suffered from headaches and sensitivity to noise.
    — Craig R. McCoy, Philly.com, 12 Oct. 2017
  • But other seizures present much more subtly—a person may stare off into space, blink their eyes rapidly, experience changes in their breathing, or be unresponsive to noise or words.
    — Patti Greco, Health.com, 18 Nov. 2021
  • Suddenly, that noise about his development and a trip to the minors began resonating not only in Montreal but around the league.
    — Arpon Basu, New York Times, 26 Apr. 2026
  • The legal case focused on part of the Maine Civil Rights Act that applies to noise outside health facilities.
    — Adam Liptak, BostonGlobe.com, 17 Apr. 2018
  • Their approach directly targets noise itself rather than treating it as an unavoidable side effect of cellular processes.
    — Neetika Walter, Interesting Engineering, 2 Jan. 2026
  • The data on low-level calls included 35 call types ranging from property damage to noise complaints to theft to responding to a sick or injured person.
    — Ashley Luthern, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 27 May 2021
  • Bugg pointed out that in addition to noise complaints, there is a danger factor with unsupervised fireworks being used by people who are not licensed to deal with explosives.
    — Steve Lord, chicagotribune.com, 7 July 2021
  • By altering material geometry, these structures control how sound waves reflect—similar to how foam absorbs noise.
    — Jijo Malayil, Interesting Engineering, 2 Nov. 2025
  • In roughly three months, the park generated nearly 150 calls for service -- everything from burns, drugs and noise complaints to outstanding warrants.
    — Karen Morfitt, CBS News, 10 Feb. 2026
  • However, in some areas, noise mitigation strategies such as sound walls or berms are considered for residents who live within 200 feet of where the strips are installed.
    — Elizabeth Owens-Schiele, chicagotribune.com, 10 Nov. 2020
  • Gollakota was inspired by a lifelong sensitivity to noise and, more specifically, visits to his parents’ house in India.
    — Sloane Crosley, New Yorker, 8 June 2026
  • But Patricelli’s study of the birds’ sensitivity to noise on their leks has actually helped land managers consider better rules to ensure the birds can strut their stuff undisturbed.
    — Matt Simon, WIRED, 1 June 2018
  • Niki suffers from ultra-sensitivity to noise, also known as hyperacusis, which derailed his career in music.
    — Tommy McArdle, PEOPLE, 22 May 2026
  • Miners bore into the seabed in search of copper, nickel, aluminum, lithium and cobalt, stirring up sediment and exposing deep-dwelling species to noise and, often, chemical pollution.
    — New York Times, 22 Sep. 2020

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