The phrase "arid sound" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used to describe a sound that is dry, lacking in emotion, or uninviting, often in a metaphorical sense.
Example: "The arid sound of the speaker's voice made it difficult for the audience to stay engaged."
Alternatives: "dry sound" or "barren sound".
From the start critics have complained about Tully's arid sound.
The churning track is one of Fit For Purpose's highlights, and it works with a more arid sound palate than the married couple usually employs on their collaborative Further Reductions project.
The churning track is one of Fit For Purpose's highlights, and it works with a more arid sound palate than the married couple usually employs on their collaborative Further Reductions project.
Backed by generous helpings of twanging pedal steel, banjo and violin (courtesy of sister Petra), Josh Haden offers a distinctively dark yet immersive take on the arid sounds of Americana that draws a dotted line from his father's country-tinged "Ramblin' Boy".
With analog synthesizers and an arid drum sound, it's designed for the dance floor, or for contemplation thereof.
If you're going to be mean to your dear old mum and say disparaging things about other singers, you had better be sure you don't wobble on the first sustained pitch before Casta Diva or have to cut off the climactic high note at the end of the Mad Scene in Lucia Di Lammermoor because what's coming out of your throat at that moment is a scratchy, arid, unpleasant sound.
As a result, the LP's dozen tracks emit arid, decaying sounds left to bake under the unforgiving sun.
Described that way, the story can sound arid and didactic.
As the southern sun set over the arid earth, the sound swirled on - as mystical, wild and spellbinding as the continent itself.
In some species that inhabit arid regions, the sound of thunder or heavy rain may arouse them from a dormant state.
Does that sound like an arid or limited novelist?
