How to Use background noise in a Sentence

background noise

noun
Definition of background noisenext
  • This one can block out background noise and provide a sense of calm.
    — Sunset Staff, Sunset Magazine, 10 Oct. 2023
  • Your boss is a yeller, but by now his barking is just background noise.
    — Jessica Dulong, CNN, 23 Feb. 2024
  • The cicadas of a Beijing summer day drowned out the background noise.
    — Ian Johnson, Foreign Affairs, 22 Aug. 2023
  • Voices sound clear and the mics reject background noise quite well.
    — PCMAG, 20 May 2024
  • The buzz and chatter of background noise on the streets became brighter, louder, and clearer.
    — Charlotte Hu, Popular Science, 7 Sep. 2023
  • Strong white papers are not just background noise and a page filler on your website.
    — April Rudin, Forbes, 29 Feb. 2024
  • All the background noise that gets in the way of your convo is blocked out, leaving just your voice to come through crystal clear.
    — Kim Komando, USA TODAY, 27 Apr. 2023
  • In the first half of the recording, the background noise is interrupted by two blips of silence.
    — Will Sullivan, Smithsonian Magazine, 12 July 2023
  • In a test call, my voice sounded clear and the mic did a fine job of mitigating background noise.
    — PCMAG, 6 Apr. 2024
  • Small clips of his craziness can be too easily dismissed as the background noise of our times.
    — Susan B. Glasser, The New Yorker, 14 Mar. 2024
  • Those headphones sound good for the price and the noise canceling feature does a great job of reducing background noise.
    — Larry Magid, The Mercury News, 6 June 2024
  • The background noise is loud, but Hernandez can be heard pleading with his advocates to make sure the contents of the letter are made public.
    — Margaret Brennan, CBS News, 4 Dec. 2023
  • And AirPods will get smarter about adjusting to background noise based on your listening over time.
    — Caroline Mimbs Nyce, The Atlantic, 20 June 2023
  • Or, better yet, one that keeps you off your phone before bed and drowns out background noise more effectively than that dusty box fan in the corner?
    — Kayla Blanton, Health, 19 July 2023
  • But all that was background noise compared to things like Brynn Whitfield breaking the escalator with her Louboutins.
    — Bethy Squires, Vulture, 7 Nov. 2023
  • The upstairs loft has plenty of space for catching some Z’s, but with the inevitability of snoring as likely background noise.
    — David Gladish, Outside Online, 31 Jan. 2023
  • Number 1 is the crowd microphone, for background noise, ambience and such.
    — Ronald D. White, Los Angeles Times, 10 Oct. 2023
  • Call quality is good; the phone does a fine job of minimizing background noise including wind and rain.
    — PCMAG, 30 May 2024
  • This sparks the job of discerning the background noise from important but small gravity signals.
    — Kenna Hughes-Castleberry, Discover Magazine, 21 Mar. 2023
  • The vibrations pair with the background noise or white noise of tire roar, engine sounds, and wind noise to create the perfect circumstances to lull most folks into a peaceful slumber.
    — Logan Carter / Jalopnik, Quartz, 2 May 2024
  • The same background noise one person finds distracting could be the key to concentration for another.
    — Tatum Hunter, Washington Post, 28 Aug. 2023
  • People use this budget in all kinds of ways, from a backup internet connection to a music service to drown out background noise.
    — Anna Oakes, Quartz, 23 Mar. 2023
  • New and existing pickleball sites need to take background noise into account, Unitech said.
    — Nathaniel Meyersohn, CNN, 11 Mar. 2023
  • The boom microphone with the headset is good at rejecting unwanted background noise.
    — Mark Sparrow, Forbes, 21 Apr. 2023
  • Google The devices can also use AI to boost image clarity and lighting during a video call, as well as blur your background and block out background noise (all regardless of the app used).
    — Scharon Harding, Ars Technica, 2 Oct. 2023
  • Despite the pockets of protest, the Kremlin’s effort to treat Russia’s war on Ukraine as mere background noise in Moscow appeared mostly successful — at least on the surface.
    — Mary Ilyushina, Robyn Dixon, BostonGlobe.com, 24 Feb. 2023
  • Sometimes there was too much background noise to distinguish a clap, other times the Clapper responded to an incidental noise that was not a clap.
    — IEEE Spectrum, 30 Dec. 2023
  • Even light sleepers who are easily disturbed by background noise will drift off faster and stay asleep thanks to its nine different soothing sound options.
    — Kayla Blanton, Health, 19 July 2023
  • But Reitz said visitors often miss other details, such as the background noise and jokes that are piped in from speakers along park corridors and walkways.
    — Salvador Hernandezstaff Writer, Los Angeles Times, 25 Feb. 2023
  • However, the sensor currently picks up a significant amount of background noise, which Zang says his team plans to address in future work.
    — IEEE Spectrum, 2 May 2024

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