to reverberate

Examples

• All

• As the singer's powerful notes filled the auditorium, they reverberated off the high walls, creating a beautiful echo.

• We're back in Milwaukee, and the sound you hear reverberating across the cities and farms of the great state of Wisconsin is the roar of the Brewer faithful for their longtime hero, Stan Ross.

  Tromeo & Juliet (1996)

• I mean, this is gonna reverberate in the front office like a Chinese gong.

  Sole Survivor (1984)

• My voice reverberates and I can have no one there because no one can know who I am.

  The Hybrids Family (2016)

• There was a silence as the echo of the crash seemed to reverberate through the little house.

  Fiction book (1993)

• My eyes open slowly, the ringing of the phone reverberating through my head.

  Fiction book (1991)

• The old-growth forest sometimes reverberates with aging trees that crash to the ground.

  Fiction book (1996)

• When anyone speaks, their voice reverberates off the concrete walls of the passageway.

  Fiction book (1992)

• A lone priest lights the sacrament candles, the sound of his breathing reverberating through the empty church.

  Fiction book (1995)

• The 1970s were a decade of battle cries, echoes of which still reverberate in Euro-American cultural circles.

  Academic text (2004)

Synonyms

R

to ring

vsto reverberate

430 1.0

To make a clear sound like a bell that can be heard far away

covers repeated reflection as well as a distinct ringing tone

R

to roll

vsto reverberate

270 2.5

To make a long deep sound like thunder or drums

is concerned with repeated reflection rather than only producing depth

E

to echo

vsto reverberate

35 1.4

To return as a sound after bouncing off a surface like a wall or cliff

is broader, covering repeated reflection and continuous reverberation too

R

to resonate

vsto reverberate

26 5.1

To make a deep, full sound that echoes in a place

highlights repeated reflection rather than just rich vibrating tone

R

to resound

vsto reverberate

11 5.3

To fill a room with a loud sound that echoes

adds the idea of repeated reflection beyond just loudness

E

to echoed through

vsto reverberate

5 4.9

To make a sound that repeats and fills a place

is about repeated reflection generally, not only filling a space

R

to resonate through

vsto reverberate

1 6.1

To fill a place with sound that is heard clearly everywhere

focuses more on repeated reflections than on lasting tonal quality

R

to resound across

vsto reverberate

1 6.3

Make a sound that people hear in many places

is mainly physical repeated reflection rather than broad figurative spread

R

to reecho

vsto reverberate

7.3

To come back as sound after bouncing off walls or hills

can also mean continuous reflected waves, not only distinct repeated echoes

Phrasal Verbs

R

to reverberate through

3 7.2

Echo through a place or group and keep having an effect over time

How Resonant

to boom

33 3.4

to reverberate

11 6.6

to resound

11 5.3

to echo

35 1.4

Surface Forms

Morphology

Etymology