eardrum
Example Sentences
Examples are provided to illustrate real-world usage of words in context. Any opinions expressed do not reflect the views of Dictionary.com.
See Examples For:
Sound travels normally through the ear canal, eardrum, and into the fluid-filled inner ear.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 23, 2026
The model showed that hedgehogs possess very small, dense middle ear bones along with a partially fused joint between the eardrum and the first of these bones.
From Science Daily ● Mar. 12, 2026
Moon incurred tinnitus following an injury to his eardrum in recent years, which impacted his ability to work.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 12, 2026
Later, it took surgery to remove the cluster of debris that had accumulated behind my eardrum—something that can happen after eardrum damage occurs.
From Slate ● Oct. 20, 2024
And I’d bet those Amoses wouldn’t’ve even tried to pull the roach out, and who knows how long I’d’ve had to listen to some terrified roach screaming his head off right up against my eardrum?
From "Bud, Not Buddy" by Christopher Paul Curtis
This crew - smallish in number but sufficiently large to assault the eardrums of the management and players - are an odd bunch.
From BBC ● Mar. 31, 2026
For dogs that are extra sensitive to strange sounds, she suggests bringing along cotton balls that can be safely stuffed in your dog’s ears and won’t harm its eardrums.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 25, 2026
When those vibrations reach our ears, they send a vibration through our eardrums, which is recognized in the brain as sound.
From Salon ● Jun. 3, 2025
Unlike human eardrums and conventional microphones that detect sound pressure waves, spider silk responds to changes in the velocities of air particles as they are thrust about by a sound field.
From Science Daily ● May 16, 2024
Quietness has a strange, spongy hum that can nearly break your eardrums.
From "The Secret Life of Bees" by Sue Monk Kidd
