How to Use reverberation in a Sentence

reverberation

noun
  • Although the room was very big, her voice could be heard with little reverberation.
  • And with no means of escape, the reverberations went on and on and on.
    — David Kelly, latimes.com, 18 Sep. 2017
  • The reverberations of the on-field stunt still resonate to this day.
    — Paul Sullivan, chicagotribune.com, 12 June 2019
  • There would be reverberations from both cases for decades to come.
    — Kayla Jimenez, USA TODAY, 17 May 2024
  • On the balcony, there is is the kind of reverberation that lends cathedrals their sense of awe.
    — Mark Swed, Los Angeles Times, 30 May 2021
  • So when these two forces collided, the reverberations were felt all over the world.
    — Stephanie McNeal, Glamour, 25 Sep. 2023
  • The reverberations will impact the league for at least the next four seasons.
    — Jeff Zillgitt, USA TODAY, 6 July 2019
  • The whir of the engine thrums, a constant reverberation felt in the teeth.
    — New York Times, 24 Apr. 2021
  • Its two-second glow of reverberation seemed to defy laws of physics.
    — Dallas News, 14 Feb. 2023
  • The reverberations of that vote were felt throughout the Olympic world.
    — Michael Powell, New York Times, 4 Aug. 2016
  • The reverberations pivot on whether Kelce wants to still play.
    — Sam McDowell 26, Kansas City Star, 26 Feb. 2026
  • Or the reverberation coursing through your body when striking the first chord on a guitar?
    — Gen Cleary, Rolling Stone, 31 July 2023
  • The reverberation, like an echo, affects the perception of how large the room is.
    — Matthew J. Palm, orlandosentinel.com, 27 Aug. 2021
  • The suit was settled the following day, but its reverberations would last far longer.
    — Andrew Dalton, TIME, 17 Sep. 2024
  • One set of instruments is the dark twin, the reverberation, of the other.
    — Gaiutra Bahadur, New York Times, 26 May 2017
  • Crawford spoke again of the reverberations from Adams’ era.
    — Melissa Melvin-Rodriguez, Charlotte Observer, 3 Mar. 2026
  • There are sources and there are commentaries, Richter tells us, events and reverberations of those events.
    — Susan Tallman, The New York Review of Books, 25 Apr. 2020
  • Each guitar and bass strum is a reverberation of the heat and passion Usher and his lover feel.
    — Dylan Green, Vulture, 20 Feb. 2024
  • For indie producers, the reverberations of the strike might be felt for much longer than for big studios.
    — Nick Vivarelli, Variety, 10 Nov. 2023
  • But that loss to the Seahawks had reverberations.
    — Eric Branch, San Francisco Chronicle, 6 Jan. 2026
  • In practical terms, that means aligning the visual reverberations to the rhythms of the source text.
    — Ben Croll, Variety, 23 Apr. 2023
  • But the reverberations of the larger movement have spread much further.
    — Almudena Calatrava, The Seattle Times, 26 Dec. 2018
  • The fall of Assad has huge reverberations throughout the region and around the world, too.
    — Rob Picheta, CNN, 9 Dec. 2024
  • Turning a page There could be more ominous reverberations from all this, says Levy.
    — Erik Pedersen, Oc Register, 13 June 2025
  • But the biggest reverberations came late that night, as the seagulls picked at scraps in the empty stadium seats.
    — Louisa Thomas, New Yorker, 20 June 2026
  • Love her because doing so fills you with aliveness and abundance and the reverberations of the universe.
    — Anna Pulley, RedEye Chicago, 9 July 2018
  • The reverberations will be felt soon, and the NFC North is a good place to keep an eye on.
    — Brad Biggs, chicagotribune.com, 4 Sep. 2017
  • In the distance, the reverberation of dreams realized blended with the smell of champagne and cigar smoke.
    — Jared Weiss, New York Times, 14 June 2026
  • Cornelia has a bottomless stock of these sorts of stories; tales of her dad’s imprint and their reverberations.
    — Megan Feringa, New York Times, 1 May 2026
  • Skipping the Hangover And there are reverberations up the food chain.
    — National Geographic, 27 Apr. 2016

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