How to Use cacophonous in a Sentence

cacophonous

adjective
  • Some people will be thrilled to see the cacophonous swarm.
    — London Gibson, The Indianapolis Star, 23 Apr. 2021
  • But the cacophonous score drowned out much of my pleasure.
    — Charles McNulty, latimes.com, 17 May 2018
  • The commotion in the trees above his head was cacophonous.
    — Bernhard Warner, Fortune, 7 June 2021
  • In a cacophonous world, maybe that's part of the attraction.
    — Detroit Free Press, 1 Sep. 2022
  • The open-cockpit biplane sliced into the brush, spun, and crashed to a cacophonous stop some 15 to 20 feet from the lake.
    — David Reamer, Anchorage Daily News, 27 June 2021
  • They are are known for their cacophonous cries, which can be heard from more than three miles away.
    — Marcy De Luna, Chron, 17 Dec. 2020
  • They are are known for their cacophonous cries, which can be heard from more than three miles away.
    — Chron, 6 Aug. 2021
  • My heart was sinking, each string plucked again and again in cacophonous fury.
    — Trésor Prijs, Teen Vogue, 13 July 2017
  • My heart was sinking, each string plucked again and again in cacophonous fury.
    — Trésor Prijs, Teen Vogue, 1 June 2018
  • Their cacophonous mating song can drown out the noise of passing jets.
    — Mark Kennedy, chicagotribune.com, 19 May 2021
  • Their cacophonous mating song can drown out the noise of passing jets.
    — Mark Kennedy, The Christian Science Monitor, 20 May 2021
  • Their cacophonous mating song can drown out the noise of passing jets.
    — Mark Kennedy, The Christian Science Monitor, 20 May 2021
  • Their cacophonous mating song can drown out the noise of passing jets.
    — Mark Kennedy, The Christian Science Monitor, 20 May 2021
  • The cluster of cacophonous cicadas in this area of the American South is known as brood IX.
    — NBC News, 24 May 2020
  • Simply setting down his amp was enough to elicit a cacophonous roar from the crowd.
    — Kelly Dearmore, Dallas News, 23 Jan. 2020
  • In time, the anthem was moved to the start of games, and the live band has given way to some lovely and some cacophonous performances.
    — Fay Vincent, WSJ, 19 Jan. 2022
  • These cacophonous tones remind us that the real world, too, can be a ghastly farce.
    — Ron Charles, Washington Post, 2 Nov. 2022
  • These voices are fractious, cacophonous and rarely in sync.
    — Manohla Dargis, New York Times, 21 Sep. 2017
  • Stage performers are used to a silence in their workspace, while bar singers thrive in a cacophonous racket.
    — Jimmy Buffett, Vanities, 22 Oct. 2017
  • Stage performers are used to a silence in their workspace, while bar singers thrive in a cacophonous racket.
    — Jimmy Buffett, Vanities, 22 Oct. 2017
  • Stage performers are used to a silence in their workspace, while bar singers thrive in a cacophonous racket.
    — Jimmy Buffett, Vanities, 22 Oct. 2017
  • Stage performers are used to a silence in their workspace, while bar singers thrive in a cacophonous racket.
    — Jimmy Buffett, Vanities, 22 Oct. 2017
  • Stage performers are used to a silence in their workspace, while bar singers thrive in a cacophonous racket.
    — Jimmy Buffett, Vanities, 22 Oct. 2017
  • Here the prose is cacophonous and rude, fragmented by lists and quotations.
    — Danielle Dutton, The New Yorker, 23 Aug. 2022
  • Inside a spaceship, though, their avatars jostled to see the screen amid cacophonous chatter.
    — Robin George Andrews, Wired, 15 May 2021
  • Not the cacophonous boos to which the franchise was once accustomed, but boos nonetheless.
    — Bill Oram, Orange County Register, 1 Mar. 2017
  • Amidst the ringing of the fryer alarms and the dinging of the cash registers, the din of the customers, the roar of the passing traffic, the morning at McDonald's is cool and cacophonous.
    — Mike Sager, Esquire, 25 Feb. 2015
  • Jenkins and Britell don’t use cacophonous sounds to simply mirror the dread Cora begins to feel.
    — Hannah Giorgis, The Atlantic, 14 May 2021
  • Of the collection, Sundy Praia is the most luxurious, with 15 tented villas set where the cacophonous jungle meets the tawny coast.
    — Stephanie Vermillion, Travel + Leisure, 18 Mar. 2025
  • There is a primordial quality to the woods that oscillates between cacophonous forest chatter and eerie silence in the space of a ridge or two.
    — Laura Lancaster, Outdoor Life, 2 Jan. 2025

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