How to Use auditory in a Sentence

auditory

1 of 2 noun
  • So first, for me, the auditory sense is the first one to come.
    — Meredith Carey, Condé Nast Traveler, 8 Sep. 2021
  • But birds, as a group, are top among the world’s most accomplished auditory copycats.
    — Katherine J. Wu, The Atlantic, 17 Nov. 2022
  • The brain’s auditory system has to cope with the impaired input.
    — Quanta Magazine, 28 Oct. 2020
  • The rechargeable battery promises up to six hours of non-stop karaoke (or auditory torture).
    — Danielle Directo-Meston, The Hollywood Reporter, 6 Apr. 2022
  • In fourth grade, instructors came into his class to give auditory hearing tests.
    — Andy Greene, Rolling Stone, 19 Oct. 2022
  • This can be useful for those who wish to limit auditory interruptions in their home.
    — Gabriel Morgan, Better Homes & Gardens, 5 Dec. 2022
  • An auditory shapeshifter, Bush has proven adept in several roles and styles over the course of his nearly three decades in music.
    — Jessica Nicholson, Billboard, 3 Mar. 2022
  • An auditory learner who would benefit from listening in on a call.
    — Jennifer Smith, Forbes, 10 Sep. 2021
  • These bones then transmit the sound vibrations to the cochlea, which stimulates nerve axons that send the auditory signal to the brain.
    — Neel Bhatt, CNN, 15 June 2021
  • This, according to the researchers, showed that the spiders use auditory cues to detect and capture flying prey.
    — Francesca Giuliani-Hoffman, CNN, 29 Oct. 2020
  • Long before lasers or computers, wingbeat was thought of in auditory – even musical – terms.
    — Daniel A. Gross, Smithsonian, 25 Apr. 2017
  • Behind the wheel, the auditory experience is just about the same as any other Corolla.
    — Joey Capparella, Car and Driver, 30 Sep. 2020
  • During that time, the system provided two visual and one auditory alert for the driver to put his hands back on the steering wheel, the agency said.
    — Mike Spector, WSJ, 7 June 2018
  • And a range of sound profiles played through the stereo speakers brings some welcome auditory flavor to the driving experience.
    — Mike Sutton, Car and Driver, 7 Apr. 2022
  • If the neural network accurately modeled the human auditory system, then the metamers should sound the same, too.
    — Quanta Magazine, 28 Oct. 2020
  • There were two visual alerts and one auditory alert for the driver to place his hands on the steering wheel, but those alerts were made more than 15 minutes before the crash.
    — Andrew J. Hawkins, The Verge, 7 June 2018
  • One of the hallmarks of truly listening, rather than just hearing, is when the brain is doing both auditory and visual processing.
    — Tracy Brower, Forbes, 28 Dec. 2021
  • This is similar to how ringing in the ears is thought to come about, when the brain's auditory system becomes more active to try to compensate for hearing loss.
    — Kate Baggaley, Popular Science, 5 Mar. 2021
  • With a week left before the Thanksgiving break, this weekend offers a number of auditory options.
    — Anchorage Daily News, 17 Nov. 2022
  • The man learned to alter his brain activity in response to that auditory feedback to compose simple messages.
    — Jennifer Ouellette, Ars Technica, 15 Apr. 2022
  • Narrative, visual, and auditory artistry create a true sense of Elsewhere.
    — Jess Grey, Wired, 16 Oct. 2021
  • An auditory system would need to decipher between human cries and sounds that often happen in nature, such as animal calls and wind.
    — Washington Post, 17 June 2021
  • When viewing from a vehicle, turn off the engine to avoid interfering with the owl's auditory hunting technique.
    — Chelsey Lewis, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 30 Nov. 2020
  • Some people may prefer to tap their fingers or hands in a specific way, like Harry does in the docuseries, or listen to certain auditory cues.
    — Sarah Jacoby, SELF, 21 May 2021
  • Others use sound—not in the simple, toward-or-away mode of phonotaxis but as something like an auditory landmark, useful for maintaining any bearing.
    — Kathryn Schulz, The New Yorker, 29 Mar. 2021
  • In the wild, the translation from an auditory alert to a vibrational one would serve to warn clutchmates whose sense of hearing had not yet developed, the researchers suggest.
    — Jennifer Leman, Scientific American, 22 July 2019
  • But dissecting the details of the flow of auditory information has been difficult.
    — Quanta Magazine, 21 Oct. 2021
  • NeuroKey software would then decode that data and play it back as auditory feedback tones, since the patient's eyesight was very limited.
    — Jennifer Ouellette, Ars Technica, 15 Apr. 2022
  • Froemke’s researchers have detected a unique surge in the number of receptors in the auditory cortex of female mice that are ready for mating (that is, about 2 months old).
    — Dina Litovsky, Smithsonian Magazine, 22 Apr. 2021
  • Recent studies have proven that the Kuleshov effect is auditory as well, which helps to explain Blade Runner's power.
    — David Grossman, Popular Mechanics, 19 May 2017

auditory

2 of 2 adjective
  • The patient has damage to the auditory nerve.
  • I have a bad auditory memory—unless I see a word in writing, and not just hear it, I forget it easily.
  • But the new study is the first to take this auditory approach.
    — Meilan Solly, Smithsonian, 4 Dec. 2019
  • There are a few small nods to this auditory theme throughout the unit.
    — Helena Madden, Robb Report, 23 July 2021
  • The auditory version of the blank sheet is, of course, silence.
    — Suzanne Sataline, Smithsonian Magazine, 12 Dec. 2022
  • Use the same line of thinking when trying to decide which auditory aid to use.
    — Helen Carefoot, Flow Space, 11 Dec. 2025
  • Radio has been redefined as more or less all things auditory.
    — CNN Underscored, 15 Oct. 2019
  • Actually, the child of this age may have many auditory fears.
    — Keith Gessen, The New Yorker, 23 Dec. 2019
  • The auditory nature of music lends itself to this as no other art does.
    — Jack Hamilton, The Atlantic, 6 Oct. 2021
  • For the first time, all the auditory emissions of the eighties are together in one place.
    — Jonathan Zeller, The New Yorker, 18 Nov. 2020
  • This makes your earplugs as much of a fashion accessory as an auditory helper.
    — Jamie Spain, Condé Nast Traveler, 9 July 2026
  • Daisy’s group was still acclimating to the wailing alarm that served as their auditory cue.
    — Emily Anthes Emil T. Lippe, New York Times, 8 Aug. 2023
  • Some might be auditory and better able to keep up with the conversation.
    — Yec, Forbes, 29 Oct. 2021
  • So Chimp Haven has assigned a unique auditory cue to each group being trained.
    — Emily Anthes Emil T. Lippe, New York Times, 8 Aug. 2023
  • Could this be some sort of Banksy-like prank to drum up still more auditory support for striking writers?
    — Victoria Bekiempis, Vulture, 26 May 2023
  • Our brain reacts to visual or auditory cues in our path, adjusting our gait to slow or speed up as needed.
    — Sandee Lamotte, CNN, 29 Oct. 2021
  • For example, the auditory cortex on the side of the brain near the ear analyzes sound.
    — Literary Hub, 14 Nov. 2025
  • Even children raised in the city experience a kind of auditory horror vacui in cities that don’t have them.
    — Andrea Bennett, Condé Nast Traveler, 17 Dec. 2018
  • The filmmaker makes deft use of visual and auditory cues to evoke this fugue-like sense of estrangement.
    — Jon Frosch, HollywoodReporter, 3 Sep. 2019
  • The contraption captured the auditory mix from every angle so the team could later play it back and study it.
    — Chris Berdik, Popular Science, 28 Jan. 2020
  • So the whistling and ringing in the ears caused by tinnitus is not purely a disease of the brain’s auditory system.
    — Anton Benz, Scientific American, 13 July 2023
  • Plus, a sound piece allows viewers to contribute something auditory to the mix.
    — Los Angeles Times, 1 Aug. 2019
  • Consider the auditory stimuli of eating your in-flight food, and avoid items that are noisier than most.
    — Anchorage Daily News, 28 Jan. 2020
  • Hobbes, who had used a similar method in his work, proposed re-creating their process in an auditory format.
    — Rachel Syme, The New Yorker, 12 Oct. 2020
  • Case in point, some kids are visual or auditory learners who discover by seeing or hearing.
    — Connie Etemadi, USA Today, 5 Jan. 2026
  • That argues for a more purely auditory, or sonic aversion to music.
    — Washington Post, 10 Aug. 2021
  • Bose is a brand best known for home audio systems, noise cancelling headphones, and other such auditory devices.
    — Jade Chung-Lee, PCMAG, 5 Apr. 2024
  • These bones called auditory ossicles are a feature that is unique to mammals and birds and reptiles only have one middle ear bone.
    — Laura Baisas, Popular Science, 4 Apr. 2024
  • Some were in it purely for the thrill of it all, loving the auditory fantasy component and anonymity.
    — Nicki J. Monti, MSNBC Newsweek, 7 Oct. 2025
  • Beneath it all, a zen-like garden and fountain bring the outdoors in and provide a serene auditory backdrop throughout the house.
    — Megan Barber, Curbed, 12 Oct. 2018

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