How to Use acoustic in a Sentence

acoustic

adjective
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  • She loves listening to acoustic folk music.
  • This then works like an acoustic pipette, blasting the mixture with sound waves.
    — Michael Irving, New Atlas, 21 Oct. 2024
  • As the fire began to roar, some people grabbed acoustic guitars and began to play.
    — David Bulley, BostonGlobe.com, 13 Oct. 2022
  • The timing was also right for the band to make the album acoustic, the way only DKM can do it.
    — Liza Lentini, SPIN, 30 Sep. 2022
  • Their cousin played acoustic guitar during the outdoor ceremony in front of 35 guests.
    — Stephanie Wenger, Peoplemag, 10 Oct. 2022
  • His voice quivers, the acoustic guitars are nimble, and the cinematic strings shimmer like a diaphanous veil between earth and heaven.
    — Kory Grow, Rolling Stone, 25 Oct. 2024
  • In this way, acoustic measurements could offer insight into the decline of seal populations in these areas.
    — Nell Lewis, CNN, 27 Sep. 2022
  • Local artists Chris Loggins and Dave Almond will open the show with acoustic performances.
    — Arkansas Online, 30 Sep. 2022
  • The combination of acoustic voices with electronic music was awkward.
    — Christian Hertzog, San Diego Union-Tribune, 24 Sep. 2022
  • From acoustic guitars and violins to the monumental organ in one of the largest concert halls in the state, some great sounds are being spread around Connecticut this week.
    — Christopher Arnott, Hartford Courant, 13 Oct. 2022
  • Cabello gushed over Kronmiller’s acoustic reworking of the techno Sam Smith hit.
    — Edward Segarra, USA TODAY, 28 Sep. 2022
  • Few of his trademark touches appear on Girls Night Out — listeners won't find the tinkling keys and acoustic guitar filigrees of his salad years.
    — Alfred Soto, EW.com, 28 Sep. 2022
  • Harps and acoustic guitars help set the old-world mood.
    — Ellen Gamerman, WSJ, 30 Oct. 2022
  • On the title track, Rose swaps keys for his first love, the acoustic guitar.
    — Sarah Grant, SPIN, 10 Apr. 2024
  • Kevin Bacon played an acoustic version of the remix, and used an ear of corn to strum along to the catchy beat.
    — Anna Lazarus Caplan, Peoplemag, 6 Jan. 2023
  • Brandi Carlisle will start off with an acoustic set at 7 p.m., and Joni and friends are set to come out at 9.
    — Mikael Wood, Los Angeles Times, 10 June 2023
  • In the next slide, the Sour songstress shared a video of the stunning duet, which was backed only by Crow on acoustic guitar.
    — Bailey Richards, Peoplemag, 30 Sep. 2023
  • And Ed walks out there with an acoustic guitar over his back.
    — John Seabrook, The New Yorker, 5 Dec. 2022
  • Now, the band has tapped The National’s Matt Berninger for a cozy acoustic take on life’s in betweens.
    — Starr Bowenbank, Billboard, 30 Oct. 2023
  • When the band Oasis was in town, Noel Gallagher came in and asked to see a rare Gibson acoustic stored away in the back of the shop.
    — Alex Vadukul, New York Times, 25 Nov. 2022
  • If there was acoustic guitar, there was a guy playing that.
    — Andy Greene, Rolling Stone, 26 July 2023
  • Taylor Swift paused her acoustic set of her Stockholm Eras Tour show to check on fans.
    — Nicole Fallert, USA TODAY, 20 May 2024
  • Ducks swam in the pond as a few members of the Salut band played acoustic guitar and bellini cocktails were passed around.
    — Alexandra MacOn, Vogue, 20 Jan. 2023
  • The acoustic sculpture has been part of San Francisco since 1986.
    — Stacey Leasca, Travel + Leisure, 2 June 2023
  • But they’d no longer be allowed to use a live DJ or acoustic sound, says Bill Brown, the committee’s vice chair.
    — Susannah Bryan, Sun Sentinel, 12 Jan. 2024
  • Many songs begin with acoustic finger-picking, and quite a few of them stay there.
    — Chris Willman, Variety, 4 July 2024
  • The team did not record any of the dolphins’ acoustic signals during playtime.
    — Laura Baisas, Popular Science, 2 Oct. 2024
  • And many set designers don’t want to be forced into building boxes all the time to help us with the acoustic.
    — Ben Miller, New York Times, 24 Mar. 2023
  • And the group has, improbably, just finished their second of two acoustic sets; the first was by the baggage claim.
    — Noah Shachtman, Rolling Stone, 15 Mar. 2023
  • Weeks later, Raneri and O’Shea rejoined the tour with acoustic guitars.
    — Derek Scancarelli, Forbes, 20 Feb. 2023

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