1
a
: measurement of depth especially with a sounding line
b
: the depth so ascertained
c
soundings plural
: a place or part of a body of water where a hand sounding line will reach bottom
2
: measurement of atmospheric conditions at various heights
3
: a probe, test, or sampling of opinion or intention
Examples of sounding in a Sentence
Noun
The sailors were taking soundings as the ship approached the coast.
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Judith Shulevitz, The Atlantic, 21 Oct. 2022
In early 2013, Mikaela Sanford responded to a Craigslist job posting for a small Sacramento company with mundane-sounding responsibilities: communicating with contractors, overseeing data entry and handling client correspondence.
—Melissa Korn, WSJ, 20 Aug. 2022
Karlyn Bowman, Forbes, 7 Oct. 2024
Meanwhile, actual polling organizations such as Reuters and YouGov had done their soundings and found Harris the winner in the eyes of a clear majority — though not as large a majority as CNN’s poll.
—Ron Elving, NPR, 14 Sep. 2024
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Adjective
Her attempt to package her experience as an advice book has the feel of what Freud called secondary revision, the effort to master chaotic psychic material by shoehorning it into a reasonable-sounding narrative.
—Judith Shulevitz, The Atlantic, 21 Oct. 2022
In early 2013, Mikaela Sanford responded to a Craigslist job posting for a small Sacramento company with mundane-sounding responsibilities: communicating with contractors, overseeing data entry and handling client correspondence.
—Melissa Korn, WSJ, 20 Aug. 2022
Noun
In these three soundings, Democrats, Republicans, and independents all gave the most attention to the views of friends and family.
—Karlyn Bowman, Forbes, 7 Oct. 2024
Meanwhile, actual polling organizations such as Reuters and YouGov had done their soundings and found Harris the winner in the eyes of a clear majority — though not as large a majority as CNN’s poll.
—Ron Elving, NPR, 14 Sep. 2024
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“Sounding.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/sounding. Accessed 22 Nov. 2024.
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