: to insulate so as to obstruct the passage of sound
Examples of soundproof in a Sentence
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Adjective
Located in the Lantern District, this 1,600-square-foot container home has two bedrooms, two bathrooms and a soundproof automatic sliding barn door crafted from reclaimed lumber from an Idaho barn.—Sandra Barrera, Orange County Register, 8 Feb. 2024 Brownstein shouted, calling not for her Sleater-Kinney bandmate, Corin Tucker, who was standing next to her, but for Tucker Martine, the studio’s owner, who was tinkering nearby in a soundproof booth.—Hanif Abdurraqib, The New Yorker, 5 Jan. 2024 The Grabber locks Finney in a soundproof basement, where nobody can hear him or come to his rescue.—Jordan Moreau, Variety, 27 Oct. 2023 Milhaud, a compact man in a white linen shirt, partway unbuttoned, took me to a soundproof practice room and handed me a tenor.—Chris Almeida, The New Yorker, 6 Jan. 2024 Lonely suburban existence is filmmaker catnip, but urban apartment life — especially in new, soundproof buildings — can be just as isolating, maybe more.—Alissa Wilkinson, New York Times, 21 Dec. 2023 Adjoining the east-wing primary suite are a soundproof music room, an office, and another corner terrace with a sauna.—Emma Reynolds, Robb Report, 19 Dec. 2023 In addition to being adaptable, the foam strip on the other side is weatherproof, oil resistant, dustproof, flame retardant, soundproof, anti-skidding, and insulating.—Belle Duchene, Better Homes & Gardens, 31 Oct. 2023 The team at Equinox Hotels, which opened its first outpost in New York City in 2019, spent two years working with experts to create temperature-regulating mattresses, soundproof walls and a program of wind-down exercises for its rooms.—Kiera Carter, WSJ, 20 Oct. 2023
Verb
Studded with Buddy Holly handclaps and sing-song acoustic guitar, the song recounts how Grace boarded up the windows of her studio to better soundproof the space, hibernating until the bad times passed her by.—Brenna Ehrlich, Rolling Stone, 24 Jan. 2024 Plans show that many of the doors throughout the home are expected to be soundproofed and operated via keypad.—Abby Montanez, Robb Report, 18 Dec. 2023 Many of the compound’s doors are planned to be keypad-operated or soundproofed.—Guthrie Scrimgeour, WIRED, 14 Dec. 2023 Many of the doors will allegedly be soundproof and accessible via keypad.—Mackenzie Schmidt, Peoplemag, 15 Dec. 2023 Other changes were less obvious: A smaller central bedroom was soundproofed so Barrett could continue to work as a therapist.—Adriane Quinlan, Curbed, 15 Sep. 2023 There was also an exterior door, and the cell had been built to be soundproof, Klamath Falls police said in a news release earlier this month.—Jeanine Santucci, USA TODAY, 26 Aug. 2023 Booking details for Casa Cipriani Milano: Courtesy of Casa Cipriani Milano
Amenities: Spa, restaurant, two bars, butler service, gym, private parking, soundproofed rooms, blackout curtains, air conditioning
Address: Via Palestro, 24, 20121 Milano MI, Italy
Our bad!—Liam Hess, Vogue, 31 July 2023 Suffolk Police Commissioner Rodney Harrison told CBS New York the vault had a large iron door but wasn't soundproof.—CBS News, 27 July 2023
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