Sentence examples for blocking sound from inspiring English sources

(The Panasonic's well-designed seal starts blocking sound even before you turn on the NC switch).

President Obama has signed many executive orders when Republicans in Congress persisted in blocking sound legislation.

However, studies have shown that they are not particularly effective in blocking sound, although they are helpful from a psychological standpoint.

We agreed that the earmuffs and the kitty hat were essentially useless in blocking sound, a dismaying discovery because I thought they made quite a fashion statement.

The scientists found their inspiration in a Madrid art museum: A sculpture composed of vertical bars of varying lengths that band-gap theory suggested would be the right shape and size for blocking sound.

There are often more objects blocking sound between a singing blackbird and an observer on the ground than between two blackbirds that are both positioned relatively high.

Now physicists have created a much more efficient and elegant device for blocking sounds: An array of wooden or steel cylinders dangling from a frame.

I roll up towels and put them against the bottom of the door to block sound and light.

The stalks didn't do much to block sound from outside the labyrinth, and it was possible to hear the others discussing the merits and folly of my decision.

The source is defined by its blocked sound pressure and surface impedance via a suitable enveloping surface.

The structure, which looks like a giant wind chime without the chime, can block sound waves of certain frequencies from passing through.