How to Use resounding in a Sentence

resounding

adjective
  • The class answered with a resounding no.
  • The answer to all the above turned out to be a resounding yes.
    — Peter Dawson, Houston Chronicle, 1 Aug. 2019
  • Those boxes couldn’t have been checked in a more resounding way.
    — Bill Plunkett, Orange County Register, 9 Feb. 2024
  • The city's response was a resounding 'no' to this heinous crime.
    — Aaron Katersky, ABC News, 18 June 2024
  • There doesn’t seem to be a resounding answer.
    — Zach Harper, New York Times, 27 Jan. 2026
  • As the first reviews come in, the answer seems to be a resounding no.
    — Tess Foley-Cox, theweek, 20 Nov. 2024
  • The answer was a resounding no.
    — J. David McSwane, ProPublica, 18 Oct. 2025
  • Our event was a resounding success.
    — Catherine McKenna, Time, 25 Sep. 2025
  • If the angle is right, there’s a resounding crack like the sound of a car that’s backfired.
    — Literary Hub, 16 Feb. 2026
  • The answer to that question was a resounding no.
    — Phil Stark, HollywoodReporter, 4 Dec. 2025
  • The answer, most experts say, is a resounding no.
    — Claire Bugos, Verywell Health, 28 Aug. 2025
  • Well, the answer to the first two questions appears to be a resounding no.
    — Jacob Siegal, BGR, 5 Jan. 2022
  • No spoilers for the next question, but the answer would be a resounding no.
    — Dalton Ross, EW.com, 25 Aug. 2020
  • In the past, rumors of a Craft remake have been met with resounding protests.
    — Kim Wong-Shing, Glamour, 28 Oct. 2020
  • The answer should always be a resounding no.
    — Kimberly Bird, The Orlando Sentinel, 17 May 2026
  • To most observers, this looked like a resounding defeat for the cause of racial justice.
    — Robert L. Tsai / Made By History, TIME, 28 June 2024
  • The not-so-resounding results of that survey?
    — Yair Rosenberg, The Atlantic, 7 Aug. 2025
  • Woodson also led the crowd in a resounding chant of ‘‘Rai-ders!
    — BostonGlobe.com, 17 Dec. 2019
  • Many expressed the resounding trauma that's haunted them for the past two years.
    — Alyssa Goldberg, USA Today, 26 Mar. 2026
  • Readers responded with a resounding call to get back to work.
    — Isabelle Friedman, Boston Herald, 26 Oct. 2025
  • The resounding crunch of chard and the surprising spice of arugula.
    — Connie Ogle, Miami Herald, 8 Mar. 2025
  • The answer from patient surveys was a resounding yes, change it.
    — Veronique Greenwood, Time, 12 May 2026
  • The Celtics made a resounding statement with their 41-point win.
    — Gary Washburn, BostonGlobe.com, 31 Mar. 2023
  • In its 12th year, the Shootout has been a resounding success.
    — Chris Hays, The Orlando Sentinel, 14 July 2025
  • His resounding win continued his rapid ascension to the top of the game.
    — Edgar Thompson, Orlando Sentinel, 12 Mar. 2023
  • If the Glossier reviews ahead have anything to say, the answer is a resounding yes.
    — Lindsay Schallon, Glamour, 15 Oct. 2020
  • And yet, as executives look to the year ahead, there's a resounding belief that the worst is yet to come.
    — Lindsay Kaplan, Forbes, 28 Feb. 2024
  • When a speaker called on the crowd to call for peace, a resounding response in Arabic was heard.
    — Roxana Popescu, San Diego Union-Tribune, 20 May 2026
  • On his way to the blue medical tent, Bosa looked at the crowd and gestured with a resounding thumbs down.
    — Michael Gallagher, MSNBC Newsweek, 22 Sep. 2025
  • Marcus Smart hits one of his two fourth-quarter threes en route to the Celtics' resounding win.
    — Globe Staff, BostonGlobe.com, 3 June 2022

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