noise

Example Sentences

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It triggers an automatic "startle response" to any loud noise.

From BBC • Apr. 9, 2026

Here the road becomes a boundary between different ways of moving through — and loving — the same landscape: speed and stillness, noise and silence, crowds and solitude.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 7, 2026

They have the expertise to make portfolio adjustments thoughtfully over time rather than to react to short-term noise.

From MarketWatch • Apr. 7, 2026

“It’s mostly the sudden noise and shaking that really bothers you,” she said.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 7, 2026

Mother Finnegan made a clucking noise, like the neighbor’s chicken.

From "The Way to Rio Luna" by Zoraida Cordova