See It, Hear It, Feel It: phon (sound)

The combined sound of bells tolling and sirens wailing seemed not just a cacophonous way to ring in the new year, but a sound that symbolized a new era in our freedom struggle. Long Walk to Freedom

The persistent cacophony of grinding and banging and crushing has been replaced by the renewed soundtrack of songbirds. New York Times (Feb 22, 2014)

The piece is euphonious, affectionate and beautifully scored for strings. Los Angeles Times (Nov 7, 2016)

The ugly cacophony of our mother-tongue here in the north melts on her tongue into the sweet and mellow euphony of Italian and Hindu speech. Francke, Kuno

The words wright and write are homophones, a phonological coincidence. The Guardian (Jun 19, 2013)

Coach Hedge was entertaining a few locals with tap dancing and martial arts, occasionally singing into his megaphone, though nobody seemed to understand what he was saying. Blood of Olympus

There is also a deeper layer of meaning in the phonemes--the very sound of the words themselves--which music can tap into, he says. BBC (May 25, 2014)

Readers need phonics to sound out unfamiliar words, but they also need vocabulary and general world knowledge to comprehend text. Salon (Sep 12, 2012)

Before he left his room, he turned on the small phonograph wedged beneath his night table and laid the needle down on the only record in sight. The Great Santini

That most of us don’t understand the words only allows us to better appreciate the phonology of a language and concentrate on the human voice as a musical instrument. Slate (Nov 7, 2012)

That piece, “Become Ocean,” made its world premiere at the symphony last year and won the Pulitzer Prize for music last month. Seattle Times (May 4, 2014)

Mortimer auditioned candidates for the role by telephone, so he could experience their voices only. BBC (May 23, 2014)

From the bog the frogs sounded like a continuously and lightly-struck xylophone. Hergesheimer, Joseph