How to Use outside voice in a Sentence

outside voice

noun
  • In many cases, that outside voice is enough to stop a scam in progress.
    — Kurt Knutsson, FOXNews.com, 23 Apr. 2026
  • At the same time, outside voices or social obligations may compete for your attention.
    — Valerie Mesa, PEOPLE, 10 Jan. 2026
  • Obviously, there has been a lot from outside, a lot of outside voices and with fascinating storytelling.
    — Mathew Scott, HollywoodReporter, 19 Sep. 2025
  • Moving forward, Max is taking the lessons of the road to the album’s creation and shutting out outside voices who try to steer her away from her creative instincts.
    — Chris Malone Méndez, Forbes.com, 23 Aug. 2025
  • Some investors and analysts criticized the move, arguing Target should have hired an outside voice to lead the company.
    — Nathaniel Meyersohn, CNN Money, 21 Aug. 2025
  • Walker has helped lead the charge in the organization, bringing in outside voices and modernizing its operation.
    — Nick Kosmider, New York Times, 10 Apr. 2026
  • Lane uses his loud, outside voice to excellent effect, his shouts of exasperation and anger giving way to instant regret and recrimination.
    — Greg Evans, Deadline, 9 Apr. 2026
  • Lane uses his loud, outside voice to excellent effect, his shouts of exasperation and anger giving way to instant regret and recrimination.
    — Greg Evans, Deadline, 28 Apr. 2026
  • By the 1970s, editors tried to distinguish their op-ed pages from others, but most adopted the common practice of devoting most, if not all, of their op-ed pages to outside voices.
    — Encyclopedia Britannica, 23 Apr. 2026
  • That’s where an outside voice might come in handy, considering Campbell has a tendency to will things into existence as a play caller, and Morton hasn’t been a play caller for the majority of his career.
    — Colton Pouncy, New York Times, 2 Jan. 2026
  • Ross started this new era correctly by seeking an outside voice — Hall of Fame quarterback Troy Aikman — for the general manager and head coach hiring committees.
    — Chris Perkins, Sun Sentinel, 17 Feb. 2026
  • Professors who bring in outside voices appreciate that their students benefit from multiple perspectives, a useful sign of humility, diversity of thought, and real-world awareness.
    — Ann Kirschner, Forbes.com, 18 Aug. 2025
  • However, an influx of new outside voices added to the organization over the past few years, combined with the future financial freedoms of the sale to Mark Walter, which has yet to close, has gotten everyone’s creative juices flowing.
    — Dan Woike, New York Times, 30 Sep. 2025
  • Advertisement Starmer responded to Trump’s remarks Wednesday morning, defending his own position to maintain distance from the war, despite pressure from outside voices.
    — Tiago Ventura, Time, 1 Apr. 2026

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