How to Use acoustic in a Sentence
acoustic
adjective- She loves listening to acoustic folk music.
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And the acoustic details to amplify the roar of the crowd.
—Richard Sutcliffe, The Athletic, 14 Feb. 2025
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As such, the song is acoustic, choral, and downright dreamy.
—Rebecca Norris, Country Living, 17 Oct. 2021
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Harps and acoustic guitars help set the old-world mood.
—Ellen Gamerman, WSJ, 30 Oct. 2022
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Brown co-wrote each of the songs and built the music around his acoustic guitar.
—Cindy Watts, PEOPLE.com, 20 Oct. 2021
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On the title track, Rose swaps keys for his first love, the acoustic guitar.
—Sarah Grant, SPIN, 10 Apr. 2024
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Kevin Bacon played an acoustic version of the remix, and used an ear of corn to strum along to the catchy beat.
—Anna Lazarus Caplan, Peoplemag, 6 Jan. 2023
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Kevin, with a dark acoustic guitar strapped to his chest, shook his head and bowed.
—Mankaprr Conteh, Rolling Stone, 25 Jan. 2025
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The sister duo Larkin Poe plays an acoustic set at 3 p.m., free via tv.larkinpoe.com.
—Gary Graff, cleveland, 11 Aug. 2021
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Brandi Carlisle will start off with an acoustic set at 7 p.m., and Joni and friends are set to come out at 9.
—Mikael Wood, Los Angeles Times, 10 June 2023
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In the next slide, the Sour songstress shared a video of the stunning duet, which was backed only by Crow on acoustic guitar.
—Bailey Richards, Peoplemag, 30 Sep. 2023
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And Ed walks out there with an acoustic guitar over his back.
—John Seabrook, The New Yorker, 5 Dec. 2022
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The timing was also right for the band to make the album acoustic, the way only DKM can do it.
—Liza Lentini, SPIN, 30 Sep. 2022
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Now, the band has tapped The National’s Matt Berninger for a cozy acoustic take on life’s in betweens.
—Starr Bowenbank, Billboard, 30 Oct. 2023
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Across the hall was a guy who had an old Martin acoustic guitar.
—Marc Myers, WSJ, 26 Oct. 2021
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When the band Oasis was in town, Noel Gallagher came in and asked to see a rare Gibson acoustic stored away in the back of the shop.
—Alex Vadukul, New York Times, 25 Nov. 2022
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This then works like an acoustic pipette, blasting the mixture with sound waves.
—Michael Irving, New Atlas, 21 Oct. 2024
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Young performed the track from his couch with an acoustic guitar.
—Ilana Kaplan, People.com, 26 Dec. 2024
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When Love Finds You, strumming an acoustic guitar while the house band backs him up.
—Jon Freeman, Rolling Stone, 15 Sep. 2022
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Wednesday night was the first time the public was able to see — and hear — the new Steinmetz Hall in its acoustic setup.
—Matthew J. Palm, orlandosentinel.com, 20 Jan. 2022
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Her first group was a punk band, but with acoustic instruments and no amps.
—Beth Wood Writer, San Diego Union-Tribune, 22 Aug. 2021
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In the evenings Alexakis would sit out there with his acoustic guitar and notebook and write songs.
—Matt Wake | Mwake@al.com, al, 27 July 2021
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If there was acoustic guitar, there was a guy playing that.
—Andy Greene, Rolling Stone, 26 July 2023
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For years at parties, Naderi would pick up an acoustic guitar and strum a tune or two.
—Matt Wake | Mwake@al.com, al, 21 July 2022
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One man brought out his acoustic guitar and played under a tree.
—New York Times, 15 Aug. 2021
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Taylor Swift paused her acoustic set of her Stockholm Eras Tour show to check on fans.
—Nicole Fallert, USA TODAY, 20 May 2024
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The soulful artist’s hit song is a slow, sultry acoustic number sung to her lover.
—Stephen Daw, Billboard, 11 Feb. 2022
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The cabin should be quiet thanks to the sound-deadening acoustic front and side glass.
—Michael Harley, Forbes, 30 Dec. 2024
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Limestone was used to build the 12th-century chapel on the grounds, which now hosts acoustic gigs and pop-up dinners.
—Rachel Howard, Travel + Leisure, 13 May 2025
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Each time a pulse of acoustic waves zapped a lesion, lines danced across the blue and black screen — showing the ultrasound energy destroying the mass.
—Kristen Jordan Shamus, USA Today, 19 May 2025
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