sound out

How To Use sound out In A Sentence

• If you have plasterboard walls you may be tempted to sound out the studs by tapping along the surface until the tone of the tap changes from hollow to shallow.
• They decided to sound out her interest in the project.
• And in the minds of the colored population the American steamer is so intimately associated with the idea of those great tin cans in which food - stuffs are brought from the United States, that the onomatope applied to the can, because of the sound outgiven by it when tapped, -- _bom! Two Years in the French West Indies
• A sound outline and snappy illustrations don't make that happen. Christianity Today
• Her tiny lips moved carefully as she attempted to sound out and then pronounce the difficult words.
• This was observed in practice when both teachers, especially Ms. Hernández, prompted students to sound out and decode words by phonemes when syllables could not be quickly identified.
• It is to the love of this light that I would exhort you, beloved; that ye would cry out by your works, when the Lord passeth by; let the voice of faith sound out, that Jesus was standing still, that is, the unchangeable, abiding wisdom of God, and the majesty of the Word of God, by which all things were made, may open your eyes. The World's Great Sermons, Volume 01 Basil to Calvin
• Can the child sound out this complicated word?
• We have just taken on another guitarist, Mark, to help the live sound out.
• The sound output is excellent, and the user interface for the audio player is intuitive.