How to Use ambient in a Sentence

ambient

1 of 2 adjective
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  • People shopped as ambient music played in the background.
  • Keep the chemicals at an ambient temperature of 70°F.
  • The lights can even change based on ambient noise, like party music or a TV show.
    — Condé Nast, WIRED, 11 July 2023
  • The ambient temperature of the make line cooler was 70 degrees, the report went on to say.
    — Howard Koplowitz | [email protected], al, 5 Apr. 2023
  • Stored on the Buddha Machine are a bunch of ambient sound loops that were created by a couple of artists.
    — WIRED, 9 Nov. 2023
  • This smart diffuser comes with an LED ambient nightlight that adds a touch of magic to your space.
    — Claire Rutter, Rolling Stone, 25 Oct. 2023
  • In addition to eyeballs, what if Sphere were broadcasting the stars that go unseen because of all the ambient light in the city?
    — Carolina A. Miranda, Los Angeles Times, 16 Sep. 2023
  • Then wiggle a little bit away from this point, floating off the lattice into the ambient space.
    — Kelsey Houston-Edwards, Scientific American, 16 Jan. 2024
  • By the second alert, the axle was 103 degrees above ambient tempreature.
    — Kerry Breen, CBS News, 23 Feb. 2023
  • That should go a long way toward offsetting the effects of any ambient light in your studio.
    — PCMAG, 26 Jan. 2024
  • An ambient light bar with a crystalline surface structure and LEDs with the M logo sit up front ahead of the passenger.
    — James Raia, The Mercury News, 25 Feb. 2024
  • But for travel purposes, the unit blocks out the ambient noise of a hotel room and provides just enough distraction to lull you to sleep.
    — Lindsay Modglin, Verywell Health, 10 Mar. 2023
  • There are gorgeous fall wreaths, adorable Halloween displays, ambient fairy lights, and so much more.
    — Clara McMahon, Peoplemag, 24 Sep. 2023
  • And on top of comfort, the custom fit acts as a seal to ambient noise, allowing for greater noise isolation.
    — John Thompson, Men's Health, 14 Mar. 2023
  • An onboard ambient light sensor can be used to turn lights brighter as more people enter a room.
    — Jennifer Pattison Tuohy, The Verge, 24 Feb. 2023
  • Hatch's Restore machine, which is an alarm clock, sound machine, and ambient light.
    — Kelly Allen, House Beautiful, 9 Mar. 2023
  • For years, the pop-rock act has churned out the new ambient music: not music for airports, but music for buying fast food and fast fashion.
    — Chris Kelly, Washington Post, 12 Dec. 2023
  • The smart lights adjust to ambient light conditions and function as brake lights when slowing.
    — Kevin Brouillard, Travel + Leisure, 22 Feb. 2023
  • The ambient soundtrack of daily life is the barking of dogs, the shouts of officers, the screams of captive victims, gunshots, and the roar and smoke of crematoria.
    — Richard Brody, The New Yorker, 14 Dec. 2023
  • There are markdowns on autumn wreaths, scented candles, ambient string lights, and so much more.
    — Clara McMahon, Peoplemag, 30 Sep. 2023
  • The ambient banter picked up on Berlin’s tape would be nearly as valuable to future archivists as the songs that were recorded.
    — Will Hermes, New York Times, 22 Sep. 2023
  • Many New Yorkers revel in the city’s ambient rumble — the thump of a bass echoing between buildings, the slap of domino tiles on a card table, the growl of off-road bikes rushing down the block.
    — Yessenia Funes, Curbed, 11 Aug. 2023
  • It is now considered a milestone of ambient and new-age music.
    — Jon Pareles, New York Times, 9 Feb. 2023
  • The performance was icy and ambient, eerie and textural.
    — WIRED, 16 Mar. 2023
  • It is coated with a material that absorbs CO2 from the ambient air.
    — USA Today, 16 Apr. 2023
  • The video was accompanied by ambient music and text that included a link to a GoFundMe page.
    — Khristopher J. Brooks, CBS News, 24 Feb. 2023
  • Even the base model comes with plush amenities like leather seating, a panoramic sunroof, and moody ambient lighting.
    — Jonathon Ramsey, Car and Driver, 1 Aug. 2023
  • In our chicken test, the two pieces on the right didn't get as crispy as the two pieces on the left because the right burner turned off in the middle of cooking to help maintain the proper ambient temperature.
    — goodhousekeeping.com, 15 Apr. 2023
  • The song comes from the group’s 2019 ambient album Flow State, which was designed for use during yoga and meditation.
    — Katie Bain, Billboard, 6 July 2023
  • That alkaline outflow would mix with C02 in the ambient seawater to create bicarbonate, which is a stable way to store carbon.
    — IEEE Spectrum, 26 Mar. 2024
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ambient

2 of 2 noun
  • In the summer, when the ambient air warms up, the lake water makes the pipes sweat.
    — Steven Litt, cleveland.com, 6 May 2018
  • Talk of the trial has now become the ambient noise of the island.
    — The Economist, 13 Dec. 2019
  • The last two records have been driftier, more kind of ambient and hazier.
    — Michael Hamad, courant.com, 1 May 2018
  • In the next full-page spread, all the ambient details are back as Chick flees, screaming.
    — New York Times, 29 June 2018
  • Avoiding lens flair from the lights and trying to balance what was left of the ambient light was a bit tricky.
    — Lloyd Fox, baltimoresun.com, 30 Mar. 2018
  • The drapes were drawn, the room lit only by the ambient glare of fluorescent tubes.
    — Katrine Jo Andersen, The New Republic, 27 June 2018
  • Young kids need to be able to turn off the exterior ambient noise and just find calm, Ketchum said.
    — Phoebe Wall Howard, Detroit Free Press, 11 Apr. 2020
  • People can’t seem to get enough of you, despite a deluge of your bright walls and ambient lighting all over the feeds.
    — Liz Stinson, Curbed, 1 May 2018
  • This adorable, glowing ambient light from Smoko looks just like a dumpling plucked from a steam basket.
    — Cassidy Olsen, USA TODAY, 29 Oct. 2019
  • The maple wood diffuser has a seven-color LED light that gives off an ambient glow to set the mood.
    — Doreen Christensen, sun-sentinel.com, 12 Dec. 2019
  • There’s a thrill in meeting anyone who’s reached a certain level of celebrity; the chance to bask in the ambient glow of art and fame and as-seen-on-TV.
    — Leah Greenblatt, EW.com, 8 June 2018
  • But chocolate has to cool at a certain rate to set, and the ambient temperature has been too high.
    — Julia O'Malley, Anchorage Daily News, 6 July 2019
  • Sensors within the Frame TV will adjust screen brightness depending on the time of day and ambient light in the room.
    — Dani Deahl, The Verge, 2 July 2018
  • By the end, the fern/algae hybrids had sucked out and sequestered 80 percent of the ambient CO2, and cooled the atmosphere so much that the ice caps returned.
    — Ruth Kassinger, BostonGlobe.com, 26 July 2019
  • The Simgot earbuds do a good job sealing out ambient sounds, while the AirPods do not – they were never meant to.
    — Jim Rossman, The Seattle Times, 13 Apr. 2019
  • Others brought posters, notes or speakers, adding Ms. Franklin’s voice to the ambient honks and construction noise that filled 125th Street.
    — Maya Sweedler and Adrienne Roberts, WSJ, 16 Aug. 2018
  • Also note that the items on top of the dresser are being lit by the ambient light in the room, but the dresser itself...is being lit by a camera flash.
    — Daniela Sternitzky-Di Napoli, Houston Chronicle, 20 Dec. 2017
  • Some soundtrack albums are grab-bags of moods; some are reserved and ambient.
    — Jon Pareles, New York Times, 7 Feb. 2018
  • In some cases, the ambient sounds in a person’s life can contribute to chronic stress.
    — Claire Bugos, Verywell Health, 6 Apr. 2023
  • As the light fades, the ambient temperature flirts with freezing.
    — Daniel Otis, Sunset, 22 Jan. 2018
  • The ambient lighting brightened the cabin nicely without obstructing the view of the road.
    — Scott Sturgis, Philly.com, 28 June 2018
  • Well, Andy had a good point: A savory galette is great hot, cold, or at the ambient temperature of your kitchen, just as welcome at 8 p.m. as at 10 a.m.
    — Sarah Jampel, Bon Appétit, 13 Apr. 2020
  • But Farmer also remains cautious about the recordings, which may have picked up ambient noise as well,.
    — Katherine J. Wu, Smithsonian, 2 Dec. 2019
  • The bad: No design changes to help them fit more ears securely; their sound hasn’t improved, and their open design allows for a lot of ambient noise to leak in.
    — SFChronicle.com, 6 Sep. 2019
  • Ten miles later, the next hot box detected that the bearing had reached 103 degrees above ambient.
    — Gabe Cohen, CNN, 25 Feb. 2023
  • The room hums with the ambient sounds of refrigerators and freezers, including the seldom-lonely gelato case at the front of the room.
    — Patricia Escárcega, latimes.com, 12 June 2019
  • As the night went on and people stretched out on the grass or took one of the available canoes out on the water, lectures gave way to ambient music that sounded of whale calls and didgeridoos.
    — Matthew Kronsberg, WSJ, 10 Aug. 2018
  • At night, the couple says, when the landscape lights shoot upward, with enough ambient light to show the silhouettes of the surrounding plant life and the lamps that mimic old gas lights on the sitting wall.
    — Kathryn Gregory, The Courier-Journal, 31 May 2018
  • Look no further for slinky guitars, plenty of breathy vocals, and of course, ambient indie pop.
    — Nicole Demarco, Harper's BAZAAR, 8 Oct. 2018
  • Sound machines help mask ambient noise so you won't be startled awake by something abrupt, like a car alarm going off or a door slamming.
    — Jessica Hartshorn, Good Housekeeping, 27 Mar. 2023

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