earfuls

plural of earful

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of Synonyms for earfuls
Noun
  • While effective in salvoes, limited quantities and launcher availability could constrain Ukraine’s operational use.
    Amanda Castro, MSNBC Newsweek, 17 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • Every stentorian chord became a hammer blow, flourishes intensified into fusillades, a tense pause into an apocalypse.
    Justin Davidson, Vulture, 29 Apr. 2026
  • As Ukraine marked another year of independence, Vladimir Putin responded with one of the worst fusillades of missiles since his unprovoked full-scale war of aggression began over three years ago.
    Oleksandra Matviichuk, MSNBC Newsweek, 18 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • The 10 tracks of Ton Up are at once his briskest and heaviest yet, miniaturizing his trademark loops of Dillafied psychedelia into speaker-rattling sample snippets that bombard uptempo house beats in dizzying volleys.
    Jazz Monroe, Pitchfork, 26 June 2026
  • Ukraine has also depleted Russia's stocks by forcing it to try and intercept regular volleys of newer, more capable drones, including some equipped with jet engines that are faster and fly further than older models.
    Aidan Stretch, CBS News, 17 June 2026
Noun
  • These strategic American missile defenses, in Israel and elsewhere in the region, significantly boosted Israeli defenses against Iranian barrages during that war.
    Paul Iddon, Forbes.com, 30 June 2026
  • Once relying on its massive missile arsenal, advances in Israeli intelligence, surveillance, and reconnaissance have neutered its previous strategy of relying on simultaneous barrages of missiles to overwhelm Israeli missile defenses.
    Brady Knox, The Washington Examiner, 24 June 2026
Noun
  • Despite their drumbeats and piercing loud songs, Inter Miami got off to a miserable start on Sunday in a wild final game before the World Cup break.
    Miami Herald, Miami Herald, 25 May 2026
  • With more than enough work to go around, broadcast and cable networks were bathed in green light and the introduction of original series on streaming services was considered an exciting novelty, rather than the first ominous drumbeats of industry-disrupting dominance.
    Culture Critic, Los Angeles Times, 12 May 2026
Noun
  • Fans and former costars alike flooded social media with outpourings of appreciation for his talent and grief at his death.
    ArsTechnica, ArsTechnica, 7 June 2026
  • Most of the Mid-Atlantic Ridge lies at least 2,500 meters below the sea, where extreme pressure keeps volcanic gases from expanding and limits eruptions to quiet outpourings of lava.
    Quanta Magazine, Quanta Magazine, 26 May 2026
Noun
  • Videos of the pyrotechnics display show the pitch filling with tall showers of sparks and dense smoke as dozens of fireworks launched upward.
    Melissa Gomez, Los Angeles Times, 5 July 2026
  • In wetter climates where residents don't have to water their lawns, indoor use, such as for showers, is more impactful.
    Jeanine Santucci, USA Today, 5 July 2026
Noun
  • Some, like France's Maginot Line, became border fortresses stretching for miles, while German coastal defenses sat on the cliffs of Normandy, requiring the Allies to take out with sea bombardments and direct infantry assaults.
    David Szondy June 23, New Atlas, 23 June 2026
  • The bombardments have largely occurred in south Lebanon, near the border with Israel, and around Beirut, near the airport.
    Gregory Harutunian, Chicago Tribune, 11 June 2026
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“Earfuls.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/earfuls. Accessed 7 Jul. 2026.

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