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How to use din in a sentence

31 example sentences · noun, verb

Din means a loud noise; a cacophony or loud commotion. Example: “The patter of feet, and clatter of strap and swivel, seemed to swell into a bewildering din, but they were almost upon the fielato offices, where the carretera entered the town, before a rifle flashed.”

Examples of din by meaning

nounA loud noise; a cacophony or loud commotion.

  • din and bustle
  • The patter of feet, and clatter of strap and swivel, seemed to swell into a bewildering din, but they were almost upon the fielato offices, where the carretera entered the town, before a rifle flashed.1907 January, Harold Bindloss, chapter 7, in The Dust of Conflict, 1st Canadian edition, Toronto, Ont.: McLeod & Allen, →OCLC
  • England certainly made a mockery of the claim that they might somehow be intimidated by the Glasgow din.2014 November 18, Daniel Taylor, “England and Wayne Rooney see off Scotland in their own back yard”, in The Guardian

verbTo make a din, to resound.

  • My confused senses received a dull roar of pounding feet and dinning voices as the herald of victory.1920, Zane Grey, “The Rube’s Pennant”, in The Redheaded Outfield and Other Baseball Stories, New York: Grosset & Dunlap, page 68

verbTo assail (a person, the ears) with loud noise.

  • No alarm-clock dinned her to get up but the morning light woke her, pouring through the uncurtained glass.1938, Graham Greene, chapter 1, in Brighton Rock, New York: Vintage, published 2002

verbTo repeat (something) continuously, as though to the point of deafening or exhausting somebody, or (sometimes...

  • His mother had dinned The Whole Duty of Man into him in early childhood.2004, Roy Porter, Flesh in the Age of Reason, Penguin, page 183

More sentences with din

  • Wikipedo din exist then, nor I think most of its contributors, so surprised I am not.2014 April 24, Mike Causer, “Ships log: 2014-04-14”, in uk.rec.sheds (Usenet), archived from the original on 25 Oct 2025. From the entry wikipedo
  • Here was music by a young composer audaciously combining postserial techniques with the buzz-saw din of rock.2009 April 9, Anthony Tommasini, “Four Debuts, One Farewell”, in New York Times. From the entry postserial
  • There came suddenly out of the surrounding din of battle four quick car-filling rushes of sound--sh-sh-sh-shoosh--ba-ba-ba-bang!2008 April 15 [1916], Boyd Cable, “"The Cost"”, in Between The Lines, Toronto: Mcclelland, Goodchild, & Stewart, via Gutenberg. From the entry shoosh
  • The dogs added their voices to the din, howling for hours, each trying to outcry the others.2007, Anthony Dalton, Alone Against the Arctic, page 104. From the entry outcry
  • A person may not give eidut against themselves in a beit din.2000 October 3, Lisa Beth, “Lieberman and Chillul Hashem”, in soc.culture.jewish (Usenet). From the entry eidut
  • Dinning was a pioneer in the morbid field of car crash songs.2000 April 26, Richard Crouse, Big Bang, Baby: Rock Trivia, Dundurn, →ISBN, page 104. From the entry car crash song
  • And a bit of peace and quiet to eat it in, after all the din, ken.1999, Duncan McLean, Blackden. From the entry exsqueeze me
  • Hence, perhaps, the dins Céline deafens us with, in texts more and more stuffed with onomatopoeias.1997, Philippe Bonnefis, translated by Paul Weidmann, Céline: The Recall of the Birds, page 109. From the entry stuffed
  • And in the din of other voices all around one’s ears.1983, J[ames] P[atrick] Donleavy, chapter 10, in Leila: Further in the Destinies of Darcy Dancer, Gentleman, New York, N.Y.: Delacorte…. From the entry aflood
  • “Elaïdins” give much lower dispersions than the oils from which they are produced.1918, Percival J. Fryer, Frank E. Weston, “Refractive Power”, in Technical Handbook of Oils, Fats and Waxes, volume II, Cambridge: at the…. From the entry elaïdin
  • In the very heart of the herd the din was terrific.1904, Jack London, chapter 30, in The Sea-Wolf (Macmillan’s Standard Library), New York, N.Y.: Grosset & Dunlap, →OCLC. From the entry equanimity
  • What use have I ever had from this religion that has been dinned into me?1901, Harold Fielding, The Hearts of Men. From the entry code of conduct
  • The General's words dinned in his brain.2015, Leon Garfield, The Drummer Boy, page 85. From the entry kippered
  • A savage din deafened the two counterboarding specialists before they had even made the open deck of the Leyte Gulf.2006, John Birmingham, Weapons of Choice: World War 2.1. From the entry counterboarding
  • The mahout used his feet and an ankhus to direct the elephant, as his voice might not be heard in the din of combat.2007, John M. Kistler, War Elephants, →ISBN, page 23. From the entry ankhus
  • Thus, the Lieberman clause requiring the couple to "accept the authority of the Conservative bet din" is meaningless in halacha and invalid.2001 July 23, BAC...@vms.huji.ac.il, “Need the strictest rabbi I can find.”, in soc.culture.jewish.moderated (Usenet). From the entry kinyan
  • And Peter's tired army cheered, and the newcomers roared, and the enemy squealed and gibbered till the wood re-echoed with the din of that onset.1950, C. S. Lewis, The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe. From the entry onset
  • We pulled our heavy overcoats tightly around us, shivering, and put our heads down as the din of fighting stopped for a while to grab an eyeful of sleep.2021, Will Fey, Armor Battles of the Waffen-SS: 1943–45, page 272. From the entry eyeful
  • Amid the din, the Speaker recognized the Conservative’s Michael Bottsford of Warrington North, sitting on the opposition side of the party benches that were exactly two drawn swordlengths apart.2010, Cameron Kent, When the Ravens Die, Plot Hound Books, →ISBN, pages 71–72. From the entry swordlength
  • W. would call the din from the rock stars' dressing rooms where electric guitars whined, drums rattled, sitars plunked; and marijuana made the air a tender blue.1978, Gore Vidal, chapter 3, in Kalki […], New York, N.Y.: Random House, →ISBN, page 153. From the entry plunk
  • At seven minutes past four, while a Bach sonata was purling under the din of the crowd, the President's reaching hand was struck aside, and a man lurched forward.1959, Margaret Leech, “Appointment at Buffalo”, in In the Days of McKinley, New York: Harper & Brothers, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 595. From the entry purl
  • There were sailors asleep in the fantastic fashion of the British tarpaulin — snoring heavily as they lay on the bare deck, despite the din about them.1946, C. S. Forester, chapter 4, in Lord Hornblower, Boston: Little, Brown, and Co.. From the entry tarpaulin
  • He appeared, a "monster of so frightful mien", with noise making apparatus which produced such a terrifying din that even the hardiest demon was likely to flee.1940, Rosetta E. Clarkson, Green Enchantments: The Magic Spell of Gardens, The Macmillan Company, page 254. From the entry flee
  • Suddenly a peal of thunder, resonant even above the din of the swinish revelry, clave the very roof and laid a hush of feat upon the boisterous company.1917, H. P. Lovecraft, The Tomb. From the entry clave
  • Being ruffled and the fur of his sensibilities being rubbed wrongwise by Wagner's exasperating din, he said as much to the audience generally from his place in the box.1903, Everybody's Magazine, volume 9, page 517. From the entry wrongwise

Meaning of din

  1. noun A loud noise; a cacophony or loud commotion.
  2. verb To make a din, to resound.
  3. verb (of a place) To be filled with sound, to resound.

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Questions about din in a sentence

How do you use din in a sentence?
Din is used as a noun and verb. For example: “The patter of feet, and clatter of strap and swivel, seemed to swell into a bewildering din, but they were almost upon the fielato offices, where the carretera entered the town, before a rifle flashed.”
What is a short sentence with din?
“din and bustle”
What does din mean?
Din means a loud noise; a cacophony or loud commotion.

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