Example Sentences

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“Sound to me — I can visualize it. I can visualize a bunch of subwoofers as independent energy sources, and whether they’re synchronized or unsynchronized determines which way the energy will go.”

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 22, 2024

A grid that becomes unsynchronized can damage plugged-in appliances such as laptops and microwaves, and it can even damage power plants.

From Scientific American • Mar. 23, 2022

The film - shot with 16mm cameras by a then up-and-coming director named Sydney Pollack - sat for decades in studio vaults because Pollack forgot to slate his footage, leaving the sound and pictures unsynchronized.

From Washington Times • Apr. 2, 2019

Some of the same motifs from the earlier rhythmic section return, but now the instruments are freer bodies of sound, swimming in an unsynchronized motion, slowing down and leading each other toward rest.

From New York Times • Jun. 2, 2017

Sure enough, from the east, and high above, came the sound of German motors, a sound unmistakable by anyone who had once heard their unsynchronized drone.

From Aces Up by Clarke, Covington