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as in discordant
making loud, confused, and usually unharmonious sounds the noisy crowd marched up the street, shouting ever louder as they approached the palace

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as in buzzing
full of or characterized by the presence of noise the crowded auditorium was noisy, packed with excited theatergoers eager for the show to start the manufacturing plant was a decidedly noisy place, so we wore ear protection while we toured it

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Recent Examples of noisy The more practical element was that, due to the heat, many scenes were shot with noisy air conditioning. Carolyn Giardina, Variety, 31 May 2025 Their colourful and noisy displays have become a defining feature of the team’s Champions League run, featuring huge tifos or banners, supporters with megaphones leading songs and drums punctuating the air at their Parc des Princes stadium. Tomás Hill López-Menchero, New York Times, 31 May 2025 The situation on the train is equally chaotic after a noisy mob of baseball fans get on at Yankee Stadium. David Rooney, HollywoodReporter, 19 May 2025 At a 78th Cannes, which on the party side wasn’t as noisy as previous ones with drone shows (2022’s Elvis) and Elton John performing on the beach (2019’s Rocketman), leave it to amfAR‘s 31st fashionista blowout Cannes Gala at Hotel Du Cap at Eden Roc to steal the show. Anthony D'alessandro, Deadline, 23 May 2025 See All Example Sentences for noisy
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  • Homes, bars, and dance halls pulsed with sound in a discordant, desperate attempt to stave off death.
    Christina Coulter, People.com, 4 June 2025
  • His India would define itself through diversity; through a grand, maternal embrace of all its discordant parts.
    Robert F. Worth, The Atlantic, 2 Jan. 2025
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  • Arrowhead first set the Guinness world record for loudest stadium in 2013.
    Nate Taylor, New York Times, 30 May 2025
  • Polite applause follows each performance, with occasional loud cheering and outbursts of awe.
    Melanie Stetson Freeman, Christian Science Monitor, 29 May 2025
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  • Last year, there were multiple reports and videos of noticeable early exits at various Trump events.
    Martha McHardy, MSNBC Newsweek, 31 May 2025
  • Even after shaking the comforter, there was no noticeable movement of the down fill to the edge of the pockets.
    Rebecca Jones, Southern Living, 30 May 2025
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  • The 21st century brought booming sales and a contentious years-long unionization effort.
    Ethan Wolin, Sacbee.com, 6 June 2025
  • Wall Street investment banks remain optimistic toward Broadcom, expecting the booming artificial intelligence business to work in tandem with a recovery in Broadcom’s non-AI semiconductor business.
    Pia Singh, CNBC, 5 June 2025
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  • His script may go over the top, and a generally adept cast (which also includes prominent parts for Sinbad, Rockmond Dunbar, Shalet Monique and others) copes variably with its excesses.
    Dennis Harvey, Variety, 6 June 2025
  • The two prominent Idaho families joined when Andrus’s youngest daughter, Kelly, married Church’s son Chase in 1989.
    Sarah Cutler, Idaho Statesman, 6 June 2025
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  • From there, Springsteen shifted into blatant partisan talking points: There’s some very weird, strange, and dangerous sh*t going on out there right now.
    Armond White, National Review, 28 May 2025
  • The greenback has already slipped around 7% on the year, and although there doesn’t appear to be a blatant catalyst to drive it further lower — Jefferies Global head of FX Brad Bechtel predicts a major regime change ahead.
    Lisa Kailai Han, CNBC, 28 May 2025
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  • Even some famous non-country artists will be making their Stagecoach debut like Lana Del Rey, T-Pain (who had a roaring Coachella set the weeks before), and the Backstreet Boys.
    Lea Veloso, StyleCaster, 18 Apr. 2025
  • Tinnitus is when someone hears ringing in the ears—or a buzzing or roaring sound.
    Carley Millhone, Health, 20 Oct. 2024
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  • The Thunder will take a commanding 3-1 lead to their home court on Wednesday when the series shifts back to Oklahoma City.
    Chantz Martin, FOXNews.com, 27 May 2025
  • There were the three thrilling games for the Florida Panthers against the Carolina Hurricanes in this Eastern Conference final, too, so full of drama and nastiness and easy wins to take a commanding 3-0 lead.
    Dave Hyde, Sun Sentinel, 27 May 2025

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“Noisy.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/noisy. Accessed 10 Jun. 2025.

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