sounding

Definition

The action of the verb to sound.

Etymology

From sound (“produce a sound”) + -ing.

Example Sentences

• "And thus did the trumpets sound one-and-twenty blasts every day; […] three soundings at the three pausings of the music, […]"
• "In the course of his soundings, Sir Herbert Walker had heard favourable reports of O.V.S. Bulleid, currently Principal Assistant to Gresley on the LNER."