Sample Sentences for
audible
(editor-reviewed)

audible as in:  barely audible

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    The chant was audible but at that distance still wordless.  (source)
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    "What did Mr. Jamison want?" she asked, her voice barely audible.  (source)
    audible = able to be heard
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    When Mr. Tate spoke again his voice was barely audible.  (source)
    audible = capable of being heard
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    It was hardly audible.  (source)
    audible = capable of being heard
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    The prince's voice was almost inaudible.  (source)
    inaudible = unable to be heard
    standard prefix: The prefix "in-" in inaudible means not and reverses the meaning of audible. This is the same pattern you see in words like invisible, incomplete, and insecure.
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    I gasped audibly.  (source)
    audibly = in a manner that can be heard
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    [Almost inaudibly.]  (source)
    inaudibly = not capable of being heard
    standard prefix: The prefix "in-" in inaudibly means not and reverses the meaning of audibly. This is the same pattern you see in words like invisible, incomplete, and insecure.
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    Realizing that the elements of the comedy were implied in the scene, Dexter several times began to laugh, but each time restrained the laugh before it reached audibility.  (source)
    audibility = a loudness capable of being heard
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    Drew, no audibles. I don't want to see the ball in the air unless I call for a pass play.  (source)
    audibles = instructions shouted at the line of scrimmage
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    Somewhere a klaxon's scream thinned to inaudibility.†  (source)
    standard prefix: The prefix "in-" in inaudibility means not and reverses the meaning of audibility. This is the same pattern you see in words like invisible, incomplete, and insecure.
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    His breathing was audible, like a light snore.  (source)
    audible = capable of being heard
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    "I found the phone, Tom," she says, her voice so small, she's almost inaudible.†  (source)
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    She is calling barely audibly.  (source)
    audibly = loud enough to be heard
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