How to Use resonant in a Sentence

resonant

adjective
  • He has a deep, resonant voice.
  • His words were resonant with meaning.
  • That gap is where the most resonant ideas live.
    — Expert Panel®, Forbes.com, 2 Sep. 2025
  • That’s part of what makes the genre so resonant.
    — Alison Foreman, IndieWire, 17 Mar. 2026
  • That's part of why the brand is still so resonant, even for adults.
    — Lizz Schumer, PEOPLE, 29 Apr. 2026
  • Down here, your thoughts become resonant and strange in your head.
    — Claire Comstock-Gay, The Cut, 18 June 2018
  • When all six are in tune with each other, the chord your life makes is full and resonant and true.
    — Kory Grow, Rolling Stone, 13 May 2026
  • That club was much too big to be fully resonant for me, given the size of our group.
    — Chris Jones, Chicago Tribune, 26 Mar. 2026
  • For at least one person, Mnuchin’s boss, that threat is very resonant.
    — Philip Bump, Washington Post, 18 Oct. 2017
  • Very resonant and poignant performance of one of the band's best and most well-known songs.
    — Andy Hoglund, EW.com, 8 Nov. 2020
  • Breakthroughs and life lessons can be as resonant as anthemic hooks and slogans.
    — Andre Gee, Rolling Stone, 29 Aug. 2025
  • That will move the system's resonant frequency out of the range that squeals.
    — Mike Allen, Popular Mechanics, 2 Oct. 2017
  • Her set proved those hits belong among the most resonant pop and R&B of her era.
    — August Brown, Los Angeles Times, 12 July 2024
  • That moves the system's resonant frequency out of the range that squeals.
    — Mike Allen, Popular Mechanics, 1 Oct. 2020
  • The soothing, deeply resonant humming of the bowls and sparkling tinkling of chimes filled the room.
    — Lisa Gutierrez, Kansas City Star, 12 Aug. 2025
  • They’re well thought through programs pairing like-minded acts that may share a style or a resonant era or a beat.
    — Christopher Arnott, Hartford Courant, 8 June 2025
  • That’s a resonant chord at the moment, when the whole country, the whole world, seems to be starting from scratch.
    — BostonGlobe.com, 10 June 2021
  • His powerful voice, with its earthy textures and resonant sound, is ideal for the role.
    — New York Times, 24 Sep. 2019
  • At the same time, Glaser’s own magazine work was among his most resonant achievements.
    — Adam Gopnik, The New Yorker, 20 Mar. 2023
  • For now, the glossy new center, for many, will be a resonant antidote during a dark moment.
    — Kelsey Ables, The Atlantic, 9 June 2026
  • The remaining stories are largely free of genre trappings, and these are among the most resonant in the book.
    — Bill Sheehan, Washington Post, 6 Dec. 2019
  • Every time we are shown a close-up of the women, something new and resonant – in their eyes, their half smiles – is revealed.
    — Peter Rainer, The Christian Science Monitor, 14 Nov. 2024
  • That resonant bass is still there, obviously, but there's also a depth in the lyrics and the music.
    — Chuck Yarborough, cleveland.com, 7 Feb. 2018
  • Her message is resonant, and has gotten plenty of retweets and likes on Twitter so far.
    — Rosemary Donahue, Allure, 30 July 2017
  • Wise to the ways truth shifts with its tellers, Diop has created a resonant novel.
    — Monitor Contributors, The Christian Science Monitor, 26 Sep. 2023
  • His words are eerily resonant given the events of Charlottesville just a few weeks ago.
    — Amy MacKelden, Harper's BAZAAR, 6 Sep. 2017
  • The themes addressed in Shadow and Bone now feel even more resonant to Li.
    — Nick Romano, EW.com, 15 Apr. 2021
  • And as the world plods through the third year of the pandemic, one of her most peculiar works might be the most resonant today.
    — Lovia Gyarkye, The Atlantic, 1 Feb. 2022
  • The sound and feel of Grace is something that’s very resonant on the pop-music landscape today.
    — Devon Ivie, Vulture, 12 Mar. 2026
  • What’s on it is all the stuff that wasn’t lively or punchy or resonant or dramatic enough to make it into the finished film.
    — Owen Gleiberman, Variety, 25 Nov. 2021

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