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How to use sound in a sentence

40 example sentences · adjective, adverb, interjection

Sound means healthy. Example: “He was safe and sound.”

Examples of sound by meaning

adjectiveHealthy.

  • He was safe and sound.
  • In horse management a sound horse is one with no health problems that might affect its suitability for its intended work.

adjectiveComplete, solid, or secure.

  • Fred assured me the floorboards were sound.
  • Refurbishing Okehampton station, kept basically sound under ownership by Devon Council, remains a work in progress and scheduled for completion next spring.2021 November 17, Andrew Mourant, “Okehampton: a new dawn for Dartmoor”, in Rail, number 944, page 43

adjectiveHaving the property of soundness.

  • With fresh material, taxonomic conclusions are leavened by recognition that the material examined reflects the site it occupied; a herbarium packet gives one only a small fraction of the data desirable for sound conclusions.1992, Rudolf M[athias] Schuster, The Hepaticae and Anthocerotae of North America: East of the Hundredth Meridian, volume V, Chicago, Ill....

adjectiveGood; acceptable; decent.

  • How are you? —I'm sound.
  • That's a sound track you're playing.
  • See that man over there? He's sound. You should get to know him.

adjectiveQuiet and deep.

  • Sound asleep means sleeping peacefully, and often deeply.
  • Her sleep was sound.
  • a sound night’s sleep

adjectiveHeavy; laid on with force.

  • a sound beating

adjectiveFounded in law; legal; valid; not defective.

  • a sound title to land

interjectionYes; used to show agreement or understanding.

  • I found my jacket. — Sound.

More sentences with sound

  • After my father had a stroke, every time he tried to talk, it sounded like nonsense.From the entry nonsense
  • Those immigrants Anglicised their names to make them sound more English.From the entry english
  • They're mainly a hard rock band, but their new album sounds kinda country to me.From the entry country
  • This song would sound better with the addition of a cowbell.From the entry cowbell
  • The dog's ears pricked up at the sound of a whistle.From the entry prick
  • Fuzzy videotapes and distorted sound recordings are not concrete evidence that Bigfoot exists.From the entry concrete
  • Give the motor a listen and tell me if it sounds off.From the entry listen
  • I heard his speech. It sounded like a whole lot of hooey to me.From the entry hooey
  • The note D♭ is spelled differently from C♯, even though they sound equivalent.From the entry spell
  • The acoustics in the opera house gave the whole concert a spooky sound.From the entry acoustics
  • I use an echo effect here to make the sound more mysterious.From the entry effect
  • You need to tune that guitar: the G string sounds dirty.From the entry dirty
  • Functional analysis is best approached through a sound knowledge of Hilbert space theory.From the entry space
  • The film created a hallucinatory atmosphere with its colors and sounds.From the entry hallucinatory
  • The sound of the bells carried for miles on the wind.From the entry carry
  • The eerie sounds seemed to come from the graveyard after midnight.From the entry eerie
  • She was delighted when she heard the crackling sound of the eggs hatching.From the entry hatch
  • Some of these CD rips don't sound very good: what bitrate did you use?From the entry rip
  • My synthesizer makes the notes sound funny when they drop below C2.From the entry drop
  • Is it right to say 'the amount of cars'? It sounds off to me.From the entry off
  • One can use the speed of sound to estimate the range of a lightning flash.From the entry range
  • He has been noodling with that trumpet all afternoon, and every bit of it sounds awful.From the entry noodle
  • The sound level is much too high; this hurts my ears.From the entry level
  • The sound of a bong echoed across the courtyard, signaling the hour.From the entry bong
  • He's selling new CD players for £20 each – that sounds a bit iffy to me.From the entry iffy
  • The keening sound of a dentist's drill sets my teeth on edge.From the entry keening

Meaning of sound

  1. adjective Healthy.
  2. adjective Complete, solid, or secure.
  3. adjective Having the property of soundness.

Full definition of sound

Questions about sound in a sentence

How do you use sound in a sentence?
Sound is used as an adjective, adverb and interjection. For example: “He was safe and sound.”
What is a short sentence with sound?
“a sound beating”
What does sound mean?
Sound means healthy.

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: sound (page history and authors) and the entries each sentence comes from. Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws chose the sentences, left out offensive ones and quotations older than 1900, and marked the word in each. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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