How to Use noisemaker in a Sentence

noisemaker

noun
  • All the guests had noisemakers and party hats.
  • Either way, there’s no cause to break out the noisemakers.
    Boston Herald Editorial Staff, Boston Herald, 23 Jan. 2026
  • And think of our dogs before lighting scary noisemakers near homes.
    Maddie Mortell, BostonGlobe.com, 2 May 2018
  • The actors use noisemakers to mimic sounds of the sea and the monsters.
    Lily Altavena, azcentral, 5 Jan. 2020
  • There were drums and noisemakers in a domed stadium where the sound carries.
    Abbey Mastracco, New York Daily News, 18 Mar. 2026
  • Efforts that included bait, noisemakers and even a trap that caught the wrong bear all failed.
    Bonny Chu, FOXNews.com, 9 Jan. 2026
  • Disney's website notes that these noisemakers will not be allowed in the parks.
    Samantha Neely, USA TODAY, 19 July 2024
  • My dad’s waiting room was hushed, the constant low din of a noisemaker at the foot of his closed office door.
    Alli Harvey, Anchorage Daily News, 21 Aug. 2022
  • The video ended with True popping in to blow her silver noisemaker.
    Katie Campione, PEOPLE.com, 31 Dec. 2021
  • Along with the beer, food trucks, vendors and merch, the weekend will include sets from some top local noisemakers.
    Ben Crandell, Sun Sentinel, 15 Apr. 2026
  • Items which will not be allowed include flowers, gifts, food or drink, signs, balloons and noisemakers.
    Roy Kent, Houston Chronicle, 25 May 2020
  • Signs, noisemakers, flags and banners are banned, but the restrictions are nothing new.
    Kelly Meyerhofer, Journal Sentinel, 8 May 2024
  • As the drones got closer, elephants began to scatter, with one even slinging mud at the noisemaker.
    Maya Wei-Haas, Smithsonian, 2 Aug. 2017
  • There also will be craft booths for the young or young-at-heart to create their own Carnivale masks or noisemakers.
    Chad Murphy, The Enquirer, 16 July 2024
  • Waller hiked the canyon, pausing at 80 locations to snap a noisemaker fashioned from a rat trap and record the echoes.
    Douglas Starr, Discover Magazine, 25 Sep. 2012
  • The same machine that buzzed through firewood or felled a tree with ease suddenly turns into little more than a noisemaker.
    Scott Bestul, Field & Stream, 13 July 2023
  • Lights and noisemakers, some of them activated by radio collars on wolves, can frighten off the canids.
    Kale Williams, OregonLive.com, 10 June 2018
  • Cedric Osagie looked down into his hand after a volunteer placed the red noisemaker there.
    Mike Householder, Chicago Tribune, 26 June 2026
  • The video shows a police officer shooting a woman and her son after a dispute over a noisemaker.
    New York Times, 21 Dec. 2020
  • Celebrating a new year means more than noisemakers and champagne to some metro Detroit moms.
    Susan Selasky, Detroit Free Press, 1 Jan. 2025
  • Sparklers on a wire stick, toy pistols, toy canes, toy guns and trick noisemakers are exempt from the law, the Enquirer reports.
    Cliff Pinckard, cleveland.com, 3 July 2019
  • There are some exceptions to Ohio's ban, including sparklers on a wire stick, toy pistols, toy canes, toy guns and trick noisemakers.
    Jessie Balmert, Cincinnati.com, 30 June 2019
  • Some are bold, quick to approach the person or noisemaker, and others are shy, giving the threatening intruder a wide berth.
    Theresa MacHemer, Smithsonian Magazine, 15 Apr. 2020
  • Hazing approaching coyotes with a noisemaker, like an air horn, whistle or metal can with coins in it, may help maintain distance.
    Sara Cardine, La Cañada Valley Sun, 5 Sep. 2019
  • Night watchmen checked locks, addressed loud noises and alerted people to fires with a handheld noisemaker — an early version of a fire alarm.
    Doug Ross, Chicago Tribune, 21 Aug. 2023
  • The night before the first game in Honduras, local fans with noisemakers kept the Salvadoran team awake throughout the night.
    Blair Kerkhoff, Kansas City Star, 8 June 2026
  • That project, which has been delayed for years, will use noisemakers, a bubble curtain, an electric barrier and a flushing lock to prevent carp from passing.
    John Myers, Twin Cities, 20 Jan. 2024
  • Live streams of concerts by infamous Berlin noisemakers Einstuerzende Neubauten are a big-name draw.
    John Alderman, WIRED, 2 Feb. 1999
  • Other uses for these noisemakers are at political rallies or weddings.
    Bestreviews, Mercury News, 15 Jan. 2026
  • Byrne cited the effort in Starkville to bring cowbells back to home football games after a ban on artificial noisemakers was lifted.
    Michael Casagrande | [email protected], al, 31 May 2023

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