cacophonous

Example Sentences

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It’s already quite hot inside my shoebox apartment as the radiators clank away, drowning out my upstairs neighbor’s heavy footsteps with their cacophonous symphony.

From Salon • Feb. 7, 2026

In our cacophonous era, a library provides the solace of one author’s voice whispering into one reader’s ear.

From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 12, 2025

Our street has been a cacophonous, messy construction site for so long it’s hard to remember what it was like before.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 1, 2024

Behind my bed, a cacophonous installation of medicine pumps, fluids, tubing, monitors, wiring, flashing lights, and units of blood took shape, so familiar to me from my own critical patients.

From Slate • Nov. 26, 2023

The combined sound of bells tolling and sirens wailing seemed not just a cacophonous way to ring in the new year, but a sound that symbolized a new era in our freedom struggle.

From "Long Walk to Freedom" by Nelson Mandela