synth
Americannoun
Example Sentences
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Set to a throbbing synth bassline, the song teases fans by interpolating a line from her 1980s classic Into The Groove: "Out here on the dance floor, I feel so free."
From BBC • Apr. 15, 2026
That segment of the show largely stripped out the guitars to focus on clubby techno and nasty slashes of synth noise.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 12, 2026
He also holds the Guinness World Record for the world's largest "drone synth", capable of producing 1,000 separate tones.
From BBC • Mar. 6, 2026
“Veridis Quo” begins gently, repeating its opening chords and creating an atmosphere of soft sorrow until a drum line and a synth bleed into the song, defying the instrumental’s bittersweetness.
From Salon • Mar. 1, 2026
On her boombox, when Sade’s “Smooth Operator” switches to Britney Spears’s “Toxic,” the frantic synth reflects the chaos.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 31, 2026
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