How to Use pressure wave in a Sentence

pressure wave

noun

• Some caused pressure waves and sonic booms.
  — Jamie Carter, Space.com, 27 Mar. 2026
• Anywhere where there’s a medium, there’s a chance for pressure waves, which means there’s a chance for sound.
  — Paul M. Sutter, Discover Magazine, 8 Mar. 2023
• After the earthquake’s initial pressure wave, there’s a short lull.
  — Bruce Barcott, Outside Online, 25 Aug. 2011
• The strength of blast exposure is often measured in pounds per square inch of the pressure wave.
  — Dave Philipps, New York Times, 8 Mar. 2024
• The fast collapse generates pressure waves that leave the fluid as sound waves.
  — Chris Lee, Ars Technica, 5 Apr. 2018
• This hemisphere is the pressure wave produced by the explosion.
  — Rachel Lance, Wired, 6 Aug. 2020
• Even worse, the exhaust from the solid rocker booster caused a pressure wave that bent a nearby strut.
  — Joe Pappalardo, Popular Mechanics, 8 Jan. 2018
• The pressure wave from the handle slamming down will force adhesive into the crack.
  — Mike Allen, Popular Mechanics, 9 Jan. 2018
• When an aircraft is flying below the speed of sound, the pressure waves move away from the craft in all directions.
  — George Petras, USA TODAY, 5 June 2023
• The people taking the video are (fortunately) far enough away that pressure wave takes a while to reach them.
  — Aatish Bhatia, Discover Magazine, 13 July 2018
• But in the real world, the pressure wave from a nearby explosion can kill you without even knocking you over.
  — Matthew Hutson, WSJ, 1 May 2020
• The fireball and air pressure wave created by such an enormous explosion wipes the base and its pesky radar off the map.
  — Joe Pappalardo, Popular Mechanics, 5 Mar. 2018
• This pressure is applied by pistons that coordinate to make a pressure wave.
  — Caroline Delbert, Popular Mechanics, 25 Jan. 2021
• Thunderstorms and hurricanes can create pressure waves that find their way to the ionosphere.
  — Ashley Strickland, CNN, 2 Aug. 2024
• As the space rock plunged through Earth’s atmosphere, the pressure wave caused sonic booms that were heard by some people in the area.
  — Jesse Kirsch, NBC news, 22 Mar. 2026
• The flame spreads from the plug out and down, creating a pressure wave moving opposite the rising piston.
  — Alexander Stoklosa, Car and Driver, 7 Sep. 2017
• Rather than force their way through this pressure wave, ramjets suck it in, using the abundant oxygen in it as an oxidizer.
  — Kyle Mizokami, Popular Mechanics, 17 Oct. 2019
• Shockwave makes a catheter that emits localized sonic pressure waves to crack hardened plaque in arteries.
  — George Avalos, Mercury News, 15 May 2026
• Sound is simply a vibration that propagates as a pressure wave passing through a medium like air or water.
  — Carl Engelking, Discover Magazine, 12 Aug. 2017
• Zuriguel is now exploring the handful of pressure waves that ripple through this crowd where people push against each other from the back of the plaza to the front.
  — Ari Daniel, NPR, 27 Oct. 2025
• But the primary product of the snapping claw is a high-amplitude pressure wave that can cause damage to soft tissues such as those of the brain.
  — Viviane Callier, Scientific American, 14 July 2022
• The intensity of the pressure wave is then reflected in the intensity of the color on the heat map.
  — Monica Cull, Discover Magazine, 19 May 2022
• The pressure wave from the Tongan blast was recorded circling the globe multiple times in the days after the eruption.
  — Erik Klemetti, Discover Magazine, 20 Jan. 2022
• The rupture raced down the fault at nearly 2 miles per second, sending pressure waves rippling outward through the earth like the wake of a speedboat.
  — WIRED, 15 June 2023
• Cruising semi trucks generate a high pressure wave in the front and to each side of the vehicle, and a vacuum forms behind this wedge of air.
  — Nathaniel Scharping, Discover Magazine, 28 Aug. 2017
• The blast ignites the fuel and creates a pressure wave that’s twice as powerful as that from a conventional artillery shell.
  — David Axe, Forbes, 18 Feb. 2023
• Human ears are built to detect vibrations or pressure waves traveling through air and water, which our brains perceive as voices or sounds.
  — Kiley Price, Scientific American, 16 Apr. 2024
• When the aircraft exceeds the speed of sound – at sea level, about 760 mph – these pressure waves collect in front of the craft and compress to form shock waves.
  — George Petras, USA TODAY, 5 June 2023
• These lasers produce a pulse of pressure waves deep below the skin’s surface to inflame it, thereby stimulating new collagen growth.
  — Jessica Chia, Allure, 19 Apr. 2018
• The high-pressure waves can cause a pipe to burst at a weak point; the low-pressure pockets can suck inward like a vacuum, causing a weak pipe to collapse, Wylie said.
  — Keith Matheny, Detroit Free Press, 25 Oct. 2017