How to Use reverb in a Sentence
reverb
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Something haunt ing and harpy with reverb.
—Literary Hub, 24 Sep. 2025
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Other videos loop the track for longer, slow it down, or add reverb.
—Kyle Chayka, New Yorker, 27 Aug. 2025
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But Meyers was the first to add reverb.
—Hector Saldana, San Antonio Express-News, 9 Mar. 2026
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Tell me about the reverb of this song being released.
—Devon Ivie, Vulture, 24 Apr. 2026
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Gobs of reverb, with sweetness at the edges, conveyed his lovelorn bloat.
—Spencer Kornhaber, The Atlantic, 2 Oct. 2024
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The guitar must be warm but just a bit bright, with a touch of drive and a long-tail reverb that hangs in the air.
—Katie Thornton, Rolling Stone, 21 Jan. 2024
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So there’s not a lot of additional reverb added.
—Andy Greene, Rolling Stone, 28 Oct. 2025
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The drums sat in front of the door, which was left open so the sound would bounce around and create natural reverb.
—Aaron Carnes, Rolling Stone, 30 Apr. 2021
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All the background vocals were at the correct volume and the right reverbs were used.
—Kristin Robinson, Billboard, 8 Nov. 2023
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Very little reverb and quiet enough to hear the sounds of the computers.
—Sarah Shachat, IndieWire, 24 Feb. 2025
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The young duo dresses its propulsive, woozy rock riffs with lots of dreamy distortion and reverb.
—Jeff Milo, Detroit Free Press, 12 July 2017
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Mac Saturn is a riffy, twangy kind of band that delivers a good dose of surf-y reverb.
—Jeff Milo, Detroit Free Press, 5 July 2018
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There’s native spring reverb and a quick charger, all in a lightweight package.
—Josh Chesler, SPIN, 22 Mar. 2023
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Trying to match the reverb on Who’s Next was a big part of getting that to sound right.
—Andy Greene, Rolling Stone, 28 Oct. 2025
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The former dealt in propulsive pop full of reverb, whammy riffs and shimmering keys.
—Chris Kelly, Washington Post, 2 Oct. 2023
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But only Regan, who is deaf, figures out that aliens can't deal with reverb from her hearing aid.
—Bryan Alexander, USA TODAY, 8 Apr. 2018
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Just her voice, a reverb-heavy guitar, and a slow-clapping audience that glowed with smartphone lights and sang along.
—Chris Kelly, Washington Post, 6 Sep. 2019
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Sound design by Haydn Diaz adds an eerie reverb to each actor’s voice for Death.
—Michelle F. Solomon, Miami Herald, 15 May 2025
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For example, there's no head-tracking, just an odd mix of reverb and EQ effects.
—PCMAG, 17 Mar. 2024
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Now the reverb is drowned out by a professional vocal isolation booth.
—Bethonie Butler, Washington Post, 3 Jan. 2024
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The fairies dress in marvelous, Afro-futurist costumes and wigs, and their voices are miked with an echoey reverb.
—Pam Kragen, San Diego Union-Tribune, 8 Aug. 2022
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The singer — known for her reverb-heavy, ethereal sound — described her choice as simple but meaningful.
—Jessica Lynch, Billboard, 3 Sep. 2019
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The sound from this reverb is very natural and creates realistic-sounding room space around your tracks with ease.
—Popular Science, 27 Oct. 2020
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Gray knobs for volume and reverb are on top of the speaker, as is a button for AI vocal removal.
—PC Magazine, 23 Apr. 2025
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Suffused with dread and bathed in reverb, the record captures two virtuosos at their most vulnerable.
—Paul A. Thompson, Pitchfork, 23 Jan. 2026
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But La Luz, formed in Seattle in 2012, streaked their reverb with brown acid from the start.
—Evan Haga, SPIN, 24 May 2024
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The reverb is so fundamental on that record, the reverb on Roger’s voice, trying to get the signature of that.
—Andy Greene, Rolling Stone, 28 Oct. 2025
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There are basics like levels, reverb, tone, and gain, or settings to manage sibilance and plosives when speaking into the mic.
—Phil Nickinson, PC Magazine, 11 Aug. 2025
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Many of its songs crystallize around samples of choirs singing, their soft syllables dissolving beneath heavy shrouds of reverb.
—Sasha Geffen, Pitchfork, 10 Mar. 2026
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The Galveston band makes a melodic indie rock with all the requisite fuzz, reverb and moodiness.
—Andrew Dansby, Houston Chronicle, 25 Mar. 2018
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