How to Use resonant in a Sentence

resonant

adjective
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  • He has a deep, resonant voice.
  • His words were resonant with meaning.
  • The finish is resonant, with a light thrum of spicy heat.
    — Susan Choung, Good Housekeeping, 6 Mar. 2023
  • For now, though, Mr. Trump and the 2020 election are far more resonant.
    — New York Times, 28 Feb. 2021
  • Her set proved those hits belong among the most resonant pop and R&B of her era.
    — August Brown, Los Angeles Times, 12 July 2024
  • Very resonant and poignant performance of one of the band's best and most well-known songs.
    — Andy Hoglund, EW.com, 8 Nov. 2020
  • Though novel in form and plan, the Nielson is resonant with the great buildings of the past, and Ms. Lin’s own past.
    — Michael J. Lewis, WSJ, 31 Mar. 2021
  • That’s a resonant chord at the moment, when the whole country, the whole world, seems to be starting from scratch.
    — BostonGlobe.com, 10 June 2021
  • The themes addressed in Shadow and Bone now feel even more resonant to Li.
    — Nick Romano, EW.com, 15 Apr. 2021
  • Looking to the legal horizon, the Supreme Court could find this plan resonant.
    — Aron Solomon, Fortune, 14 Apr. 2023
  • That moves the system's resonant frequency out of the range that squeals.
    — Mike Allen, Popular Mechanics, 1 Oct. 2020
  • What trend or trends from the Spring 2022 collections is most resonant for you?
    — Vogue, 12 Oct. 2021
  • But a colleague devised a more resonant title for the team: the coolhunters.
    — Mark Bergen, The Atlantic, 5 Sep. 2022
  • And as the world plods through the third year of the pandemic, one of her most peculiar works might be the most resonant today.
    — Lovia Gyarkye, The Atlantic, 1 Feb. 2022
  • At the end of every play in the Dublin Trilogy, the stage has pushed beyond the real into a dense and resonant space of metaphor.
    — Sara Holdren, Vulture, 13 Oct. 2023
  • One thumb-strike of that hammer is claimed to produce a loud, resonant ring that can be heard from a distance of over 30 feet (9 m).
    — Ben Coxworth, New Atlas, 15 Oct. 2024
  • Still, for Jackman, the show is more resonant than ever.
    — Adam Green, Vogue, 10 Feb. 2022
  • With his short Afro and deep, resonant voice, Glenn-Copeland felt alienated from the students around him.
    — Washington Post, 25 Sep. 2020
  • At the same time, Glaser’s own magazine work was among his most resonant achievements.
    — Adam Gopnik, The New Yorker, 20 Mar. 2023
  • Wise to the ways truth shifts with its tellers, Diop has created a resonant novel.
    — Monitor Contributors, The Christian Science Monitor, 26 Sep. 2023
  • What’s on it is all the stuff that wasn’t lively or punchy or resonant or dramatic enough to make it into the finished film.
    — Owen Gleiberman, Variety, 25 Nov. 2021
  • Those are the comedies and the shows that are most resonant with audiences around the world, but particularly here in the U.S.
    — K.j. Yossman, Variety, 22 Feb. 2022
  • Here, the author, 66, reflects on four of his most resonant works, including his latest, Klara and the Sun.
    — Seija Rankin, EW.com, 2 Mar. 2021
  • The images of police violence against the Black community were resonant in the year of the death of George Floyd and others.
    — Emily Zemler, Los Angeles Times, 5 Jan. 2021
  • The plays themselves are deep and resonant and beautiful and moving.
    — Rebecca Mead, The New Yorker, 6 June 2022
  • The 2000s digs deep into the era, exploring the people and trends that made this period so resonant.
    — Vogue, 8 Sep. 2021
  • And the tools available to him are few: a resonant name, a gentle manner, and a handful of social-media accounts.
    — Helen Lewis, The Atlantic, 12 Apr. 2022
  • That image is so resonant, so troubling, that a greater probe seems needed.
    — Armond White, National Review, 9 Dec. 2020
  • Released ahead of Día de Muertos, this resonant interpretation serves as an homage to cherished memories and the departed.
    — Isabela Raygoza, Billboard, 4 Oct. 2024
  • During his lifetime, Gonzalez-Torres expanded the horizon of what a portrait could be, from a genre often seen as a static representation of individuals to one with the capacity to change, remain resonant, and encourage collaboration.
    — The Editors Of Artnews, ARTnews.com, 30 Oct. 2024

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