Example Sentences

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“If they are to amount to a crime then the legislature will need to codify it,” Robinson said from the bench Thursday morning, as Parker audibly sobbed at the defense table.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 21, 2026

Grammy-winning pianist Robert Glasper’s live performance from 2010 is particularly enlightening: the audience becomes audibly excited the moment they recognize the song’s iconic piano hook, a scene that demonstrates “Sunshine’s” immortality.

From Los Angeles Times • May 19, 2026

One time, I suggested that a woman on a call drive to a nearby gas station to meet me because an ICE vehicle was idling outside her home and she was audibly terrified.

From Slate • Jan. 23, 2026

It's recorded up close, the hammers audibly striking the piano strings, lending the song a convincing intimacy.

From BBC • Sep. 11, 2025

Mr. Gonzalez prayed almost audibly that this behemoth was an applicant for a job.

From "A Confederacy of Dunces" by John Kennedy Toole