sound system

Example Sentences

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You could walk through a grocery store, hear “Billie Jean” playing over the sound system, and shimmy your shoulders, feeling slightly less guilty than you might’ve during the aughts.

From Salon • Apr. 25, 2026

To combat this, he and his brother teamed up with Pineapple Audio, an audio visual company based in Chicago, to design their crisp sound system.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 23, 2026

Over bottles of red wine while Elliott Smith and Georgie Fame played from the restaurant’s sound system, the two discussed just how odd their restaurant’s fame had become.

From Slate • Mar. 10, 2026

Prokofiev’s Shakespeare-inspired music is excerpted and heard on a recording, sometimes harshly produced on the hall’s reverberant sound system.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 9, 2026

In the corner was a sophisticated-looking sound system, the kind I was afraid to touch because I’d be sure to break something.

From "Twilight" by Stephenie Meyer