Examples of earbud in a Sentence
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Parker allegedly removed the earbuds from the TSA passenger screening area; the item's owner identified her and she was removed from her flight, Variety reported.
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Laura Lane, Peoplemag, 2 Apr. 2024
Should something like this happen in the future, what is a polite but FIRM way to disengage a chatty stranger, short of simply putting in my earbuds and ignoring him or her?
—Judith Martin, The Mercury News, 28 Mar. 2024
Smith then looked under the machine and saw the earbud.
—Antonio Planas, NBC News, 14 Mar. 2024
New AirPods, New Features Apple is preparing to significantly refresh the AirPods range, bringing key features down from the Pro range to the vanilla vanilla true wireless earbuds.
—Ewan Spence, Forbes, 23 Feb. 2024
Available in your choice of six colors, these wireless earbuds deliver big HiFi sound thanks to its 13mm double-layer drivers.
—Tim Chan, Variety, 23 Mar. 2024
There’s more to these earbuds than superlative audio quality, though.
—Robert Ross, Robb Report, 20 Mar. 2024
These earbuds come with great active noise cancellation, especially for this price point.
—Gabriela Vatu, PCMAG, 20 Mar. 2024
Like with the previous A10 earbuds, there’s no active noise cancellation here.
—Jon Porter, The Verge, 15 Mar. 2024
Laura Lane, Peoplemag, 2 Apr. 2024
Should something like this happen in the future, what is a polite but FIRM way to disengage a chatty stranger, short of simply putting in my earbuds and ignoring him or her?
—Judith Martin, The Mercury News, 28 Mar. 2024
Smith then looked under the machine and saw the earbud.
—Antonio Planas, NBC News, 14 Mar. 2024
New AirPods, New Features Apple is preparing to significantly refresh the AirPods range, bringing key features down from the Pro range to the vanilla vanilla true wireless earbuds.
—Ewan Spence, Forbes, 23 Feb. 2024
Available in your choice of six colors, these wireless earbuds deliver big HiFi sound thanks to its 13mm double-layer drivers.
—Tim Chan, Variety, 23 Mar. 2024
There’s more to these earbuds than superlative audio quality, though.
—Robert Ross, Robb Report, 20 Mar. 2024
These earbuds come with great active noise cancellation, especially for this price point.
—Gabriela Vatu, PCMAG, 20 Mar. 2024
Like with the previous A10 earbuds, there’s no active noise cancellation here.
—Jon Porter, The Verge, 15 Mar. 2024
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First Known Use
1984, in the meaning defined above
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earbud
noun
ear·bud
ˈi(ə)r-ˌbəd 
: a small earphone inserted into the ear
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