How to Use sonic in a Sentence

sonic

adjective
  • Those who work at home will have to deal with the sonic blitzkrieg.
    — Sal Vaglica, wsj.com, 10 May 2023
  • The idea was to wrap the bridge with just one sonic fabric that would not have any sense of time.
    — Andy Battaglia, ARTnews.com, 8 June 2026
  • The shrimp uses these bubbles as a kind of sonic weapon to knock out its prey.
    — Eric Niiler, Wired, 28 Feb. 2020
  • With that in mind, the singer makes scorching sonic choices.
    — Maya Georgi, Rolling Stone, 3 Oct. 2025
  • This was the sonic equivalent of that new type of wartime movie, the home front film.
    — Christian Blauvelt, Billboard, 1 Nov. 2021
  • To define sonic space is to define the way in which images are read.
    — Carlos Valladares, San Francisco Chronicle, 16 Apr. 2018
  • The rest of the album weaves in and out of different moods and sonic vibes.
    — Troy L. Smith, cleveland, 7 Jan. 2022
  • Dust off your tote bags and prepare for the sonic pilgrimage of the year.
    — Ana Gutierrez, Austin American Statesman, 2 July 2025
  • This is a rich sonic palette, as much mood and mystery as swagger.
    — David Ehrlich, IndieWire, 20 Aug. 2025
  • Jokes about the lengths to which audiophiles will go to chase sonic nirvana abound.
    — Robert Ross, Robb Report, 23 Aug. 2025
  • Not much else has changed, in terms of the band’s makeup or its sonic ambitions.
    — Hanif Abdurraqib, New Yorker, 27 Aug. 2025
  • This is a band that has performed at big venues, that roams sonic landscapes and seldom stays still.
    — Reed Johnson, Los Angeles Times, 18 Aug. 2023
  • Each borough had its night, its pride, its sonic identity.
    — Preezy Brown, VIBE.com, 19 Mar. 2026
  • No one was spared the sound of sonic booms and claps of high explosives, along with the fear that your house could be next.
    — Matt Gutman, ABC News, 25 May 2021
  • Purists won't enjoy this sonic approach, but bass lovers should get a kick out of the low-end response.
    — PCMAG, 5 Feb. 2024
  • Much of their noise is in the same sonic sweet spot orcas use to hunt and communicate.
    — The Seattle Times, 19 May 2019
  • But no amount of sonic discourse can combat the attack of the Suns.
    — Mike Hart, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 10 July 2021
  • Certainly, at $399 there is a high price to pay for such sonic joy.
    — Edward C. Baig, USA TODAY, 14 Dec. 2017
  • The album shifts the sonic lens in ways that feel natural and welcome.
    — Jon Dolan, Rolling Stone, 24 Oct. 2024
  • On one level, the album is the sonic equivalent of a grimy, sweaty dance floor.
    — Meg Walters, Glamour, 22 July 2024
  • Instead, the existing air in the room was being shoved around by the sonic waves.
    — John Ramos, CBS News, 30 Apr. 2026
  • Was this some new sonic weapon aimed at the American embassy?
    — Michael P. H. Stanley, National Review, 22 Aug. 2020
  • There's definitely a sonic shift with this record.
    — Ilana Kaplan, PEOPLE, 22 Sep. 2025
  • But as with the visuals, there’s a method to Frank’s sonic madness.
    — Jason Heller, The Atlantic, 11 Sep. 2019
  • Then there’s the structure and sonic texture of the music itself.
    — Raisa Bruner, Time, 30 Aug. 2019
  • The band does take a cerebral approach to music and has a lot of sonic ambition.
    — Gary Graff, cleveland, 31 Mar. 2022
  • Each one is a moment in time, a sonic photograph of a band that never played the same song the same way twice.
    — Kraig Fox, Rolling Stone, 11 Jan. 2026
  • The show and its bare-bones sonic format became one of ’90s rock’s biggest fads.
    — Matt Wake | [email protected], al, 1 Sep. 2020
  • The result is a sonic tapestry as rich as the scenes Ross creates in his lyrics.
    — Justin Curto, Vulture, 16 Apr. 2021
  • The result is Juli, a sonic brush that gets into crevices and shakes loose gunk, leaving sparkles and shine.
    — Nicole Hvidsten, Star Tribune, 25 Nov. 2020

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