: of or relating to the ear or to the sense of hearing
visual and aural sensations
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Examples of aural in a Sentence
a quiet room for people seeking relief from the overload of aural stimulus just outside
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The film was shot in an indoor gun range, where the sounds of gunfire cannot be heard from the outside—a metaphor for violence done in a kind of aural darkness.
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Doreen St. Félix, The New Yorker, 15 July 2024
So Battaglia understood there should be something hypnotic or trance-like about the aural world around the protagonist.
—Chris O'Falt, IndieWire, 14 July 2024
The sound designers, who provided the nasty aural accompaniment to the gore, come in a close second.
—Frank Scheck, The Hollywood Reporter, 10 July 2024
Each aural niche has a specific frequency, amplitude and timbre, and animals evolve to communicate with one another based on native sounds.
—David Vaina, Orlando Sentinel, 28 June 2024
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Doreen St. Félix, The New Yorker, 15 July 2024
So Battaglia understood there should be something hypnotic or trance-like about the aural world around the protagonist.
—Chris O'Falt, IndieWire, 14 July 2024
The sound designers, who provided the nasty aural accompaniment to the gore, come in a close second.
—Frank Scheck, The Hollywood Reporter, 10 July 2024
Each aural niche has a specific frequency, amplitude and timbre, and animals evolve to communicate with one another based on native sounds.
—David Vaina, Orlando Sentinel, 28 June 2024
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“Aural.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/aural. Accessed 26 Jul. 2024.
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