How to Use sound barrier in a Sentence

sound barrier

noun
  • And the Air Force put them to work in studies of the sound barrier and space flight.
    — David Fleshler, sun-sentinel.com, 19 May 2021
  • The flights were faster than the speed of sound, but didn't break the sound barrier because of surrounding wind speed.
    — Caroline Delbert, Popular Mechanics, 10 Feb. 2020
  • Trying to set a land speed record or breaking the sound barrier struck me as goals worth aspiring to.
    — Preston Lerner, Wired, 22 Mar. 2020
  • The current debate isn’t over lifting the ban on breaking the sound barrier over land.
    — Andrew Tangel, WSJ, 18 July 2018
  • Passengers will not hear or feel anything when the plane breaks the sound barrier, Boom says.
    — Fortune, 17 Aug. 2022
  • He was depicted breaking the sound barrier in the opening scene.
    — New York Times, 7 Dec. 2020
  • Yeager’s feat was kept top secret for about a year when the world thought the British had broken the sound barrier first.
    — NBC News, 8 Dec. 2020
  • Fifty years ago, aviator Chuck Yeager was the first to break the sound barrier.
    — Rob Verger, Popular Science, 8 Dec. 2020
  • That's a smoldering tractor trailer over the sound barrier wall.
    — Chelsea Prince, ajc, 9 July 2018
  • Models are generally thought of as people who are seen and not heard, but every once in a while one of them breaks the sound barrier.
    — Melanie Abrams, New York Times, 12 Oct. 2020
  • Abahusayn talked of the need to build sound barriers to protect residents who live near the Grand Parkway.
    — Karen Zurawski, Houston Chronicle, 31 Oct. 2017
  • Just try to criticize the patriot who broke a military glass ceiling and the sound barrier.
    — Katy Waldman, Slate Magazine, 8 Aug. 2017
  • Livingston added sound barrier tiles to the recording studio section and bought a couch, dining chairs and a few four-bin record racks to use as a studio desk.
    — Amanda Long, Washington Post, 7 Dec. 2023
  • Zachary Harrell, a Navy spokesman, who noted that planes breaking the sound barrier are required to do it far off the coast.
    — John Wilkens, San Diego Union-Tribune, 13 Mar. 2021
  • Jacqueline Auriol of France broke the sound barrier later that year.
    — Sophia Kishkovsky, New York Times, 15 Dec. 2017
  • Engineers are still studying what type of sound barrier would be most effective and expect to decide within two weeks.
    — Bracey Harris, NBC news, 26 Feb. 2026
  • Bynum made it to the end of the sound barrier on the Northside Drive exit ramp before disappearing off the side of the ramp.
    — Chelsea Prince, ajc, 8 July 2022
  • Sitting along a high-traffic tollway requires the installation of sound barriers to run along the west and north sides of the property.
    — Joseph States, Chicago Tribune, 15 Apr. 2026
  • After the war, the West Virginia native became a test pilot -- and the first person to break the sound barrier.
    — oregonlive, 28 Dec. 2020
  • But the new project by United is keeping alive the dream that civilian passengers could soon break the sound barrier again — at least those with deep enough pockets.
    — Stephen Collinson, CNN, 6 June 2021
  • In breaking the sound barrier, in Wolfe’s formulation, Yeager dared the demon in the thin air.
    — Sig Christenson, San Antonio Express-News, 23 Dec. 2020
  • When the airwaves were segregated, Nathaniel Adams Coles broke the racial sound barrier — not with a boom, but a baritone.
    — CBS News, 24 Dec. 2020
  • These pockets of air pressure on the surface of the plane reach a point of maximum pressure at the front of the aircraft, followed by minimum pressure at the rear as the plane breaks the sound barrier.
    — Jay Bennett, Popular Mechanics, 23 Oct. 2017
  • This desert town on the western edge of the Mojave Desert is where Chuck Yeager broke the sound barrier in 1947.
    — Scott Oldham, Car and Driver, 15 Apr. 2020
  • In 1947, Chuck Yeager, the Air Force test pilot, became the first person to break the sound barrier.
    — Matthew Hutson, The New Yorker, 25 June 2021
  • Fritz made this interesting design decision to ensure that there is a sound barrier for privacy without interrupting the visual flow of the ceiling.
    — Stefan Ionescu may 06, New Atlas, 6 May 2026
  • Trees and shrubs are scenic amenities that also act as natural sound barriers for surrounding neighborhoods, and the medians are intended to encourage drivers to slow down.
    — Frederick Melo, Twin Cities, 24 Apr. 2026
  • More than 12 years ago, the British and French governments met to discuss the joint development of such an aircraft, once the passage through the sound barrier was proved to hold no terrors.
    — J. A. Maxtone Graham, Popular Mechanics, 24 Sep. 2020
  • New flyover ramps connecting to I-95 would also be built, while sound barriers would be installed along both sides of the corridor to help reduce traffic noise for nearby residents.
    — Joan Murray, CBS News, 23 June 2026
  • The northern sound barrier, which will face neighboring offices, is designed to be more aesthetically pleasing, the representatives assured the board.
    — Joseph States, Chicago Tribune, 15 Apr. 2026

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