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Recent Examples of resonant Sally Rooney Rooney’s moving, witty and whip-smart millennial fiction has struck a resonant chord with readers worldwide. Marc Weingarten, Los Angeles Times, 14 Apr. 2025 These projects build on the studio’s bold, emotionally resonant storytelling track record, following recent hits like the Oscar-winning Everything Everywhere All At Once and Extraction 2, starring Chris Hemsworth. Cheryl Robinson, Forbes.com, 6 Apr. 2025 These films have collectively shaped Bollywood’s romantic sensibilities for over five decades, making YRF synonymous with sophisticated, emotionally resonant love stories that transcend typical genre conventions. Naman Ramachandran, Variety, 22 Apr. 2025 The judge’s message was resonant, as this was Tay-K’s second murder trial in 6 years. Armon Sadler, VIBE.com, 16 Apr. 2025 See All Example Sentences for resonant
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Adjective
  • Although it can be characterized by a ringing, pulsing, buzzing, hissing or squealing sound, audiologists say the source of the condition lies in the brain's neural networks.
    Adrianna Rodriguez, USA Today, 30 Apr. 2025
  • But with a will Strike all your harps and set them ringing; On hill and heath Let every breath Throw all its power into singing!
    Vinson Cunningham, The New Yorker, 25 Dec. 2024
Adjective
  • While one set of dancers move clockwise, another dances counterclockwise, resulting in a moving pattern of vibrant colors.
    Greta Cross, USA Today, 2 May 2025
  • This long-lasting hair color, enriched with macadamia nut oil, not only provides vibrant color but also nourishes your hair, keeping it moisturized and healthy-looking.
    Nora Colomer may earn a commission if you buy through our referral links. This content was created by a team that works independently from the Fox newsroom., FOXNews.com, 2 May 2025
Adjective
  • Time will tell if first round TE Colston Loveland was the correct choice over Tyler Warren. 🤷🏻 Cleveland Browns (I – for incomplete) — Think this assessment is a copout?
    Jim Reineking, USA Today, 29 Apr. 2025
  • Plus, keep scrolling for more small-space patio furniture set deals, including a round metal style and a three-piece rattan seating group.
    Clint Davis, People.com, 29 Apr. 2025
Adjective
  • With his chiseled jaw, sonorous voice and bodybuilder’s frame, Lagree could be the love child of Arnold Schwarzenegger and Fabio Lanzoni.
    Deborah Vankin, Los Angeles Times, 16 Apr. 2025
  • Choral passages of Mazzoli’s music explore the various potential dimensions of the aforementioned Hum and its ability to drown out all of life’s beautiful sonorous experiences and yet also function harmonically.
    Chris Jones, Chicago Tribune, 31 Mar. 2025
Adjective
  • Written soon after the death of Mahler’s daughter and soon before his own, the symphony is a sombre, reflective, and reverberant adieu, brewing such melancholy that Leonard Bernstein theorized that Mahler was foretelling his own end.
    The New Yorker, The New Yorker, 10 Jan. 2025
  • Interim head coach Antonio Pierce benches Garoppolo in favor of rookie Aidan O’Connell, setting up another reverberant comment from Adams.
    David Lombardi, The Athletic, 16 July 2024
Adjective
  • The death toll from a powerful explosion at Iran's biggest port of Bandar Abbas has risen to at least 40, with more than 1,200 people injured, state media reported on Sunday, as firefighters blast worked to fully extinguish the fire.
    USA Today, USA Today, 29 Apr. 2025
  • The memo is the latest effort by critics of acting D.C. U.S. Attorney Ed Martin to stop his Senate confirmation for the permanent role, which is among the most powerful federal prosecutor positions in the country.
    Scott MacFarlane, CBS News, 28 Apr. 2025
Adjective
  • Such evidence could support the view that incessant loud noise amounts to torture or cruel treatment towards cetaceans, in turn galvanizing support for a new right to be free from such harm.
    David Gruber, Time, 24 Apr. 2025
  • According to cops, Mette, while inside Tamara’s Beauty Bar, a salon on Lenox Ave. near W. 113th St., heard a loud argument between two groups about 10:20 p.m. Tuesday.
    Nicholas Williams, New York Daily News, 24 Apr. 2025

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“Resonant.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/resonant. Accessed 8 May. 2025.

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