How to Use static in a Sentence

static

1 of 2 adjective
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  • This is the kind of static bio-play that brings two famous figures to the stage and then stalls out.
    — Two Kings, Vulture, 20 Dec. 2022
  • This has not changed, as the static gender gap in voter turnout in 2024 shows.
    — Sarah Khan, Foreign Affairs, 5 Mar. 2024
  • Others viewed a static wide-angle shot of the full bench from a distance.
    — Ryan Black, WSJ, 21 Mar. 2023
  • The problem was that the guide was static, while the robot is dynamic, Ansari said.
    — Ed Stannard, Hartford Courant, 5 Dec. 2022
  • This is a very talky show—the actors’ bodies are mostly static, and the dance is in the parrying of their ideas.
    — Vinson Cunningham, The New Yorker, 31 Oct. 2022
  • Think a blurred car driving across a static city landscape.
    — David Nield, Popular Science, 7 Feb. 2024
  • Which means the music, like her mood, refuses to be static.
    — Olivia McCormack, Washington Post, 1 Mar. 2023
  • During these hours, the televisions on the walls showcase a static image, the radio is turned off, and the lights are dimmed.
    — Sonia Thompson, Forbes, 30 Nov. 2023
  • But three minutes in, a rising tide of static overtakes the music.
    — Brian Hiatt, Rolling Stone, 21 Mar. 2023
  • When the words came to sonic life, Wilson crafted verse melodies with long, held notes at the end of the lines, strung across a static, tonic E chord.
    — Tom Roland, Billboard, 8 Nov. 2022
  • Nine days later, the 33-engine Super Heavy booster fired up on the launch pad for its own static fire test.
    — Stephen Clark, Ars Technica, 4 Jan. 2024
  • Since then, the battle lines have been largely static on the outskirts of Kreminna, a strategic city in the Luhansk region.
    — Matthew Luxmoore, WSJ, 27 Jan. 2023
  • The new study shows how moisture in espresso beans affects static charge builds up and how it can be altered.
    — Laura Baisas, Popular Science, 7 Dec. 2023
  • During this time, lights in the stores will be dimmed, radios will be turned off and moving images on screens will be changed to static ones.
    — Leada Gore | [email protected], al, 13 July 2023
  • The vigorous choral writing—both hymn-singing and mob frenzy—is static, and many of the arias are tuneful but shapeless.
    — Heidi Waleson, WSJ, 1 Nov. 2022
  • This static game of cat and mouse will play out several times past several checkpoints on the route.
    — David Culver, CNN, 28 Sep. 2023
  • This means the thought of floating down the Rhine on a 12-day river cruise while locked in with a static set of human beings has all the makings of me losing my mind.
    — Sherry Kuehl, Kansas City Star, 3 Apr. 2024
  • Despite the static rank, the song added 2% in weekly audience to reach 6.6 million in the latest tracking week.
    — Trevor Anderson, Billboard, 27 Dec. 2023
  • Another plus is that the material isn't static-y and repels dog hair for the most part!
    — Kelsey Stiegman, Seventeen, 21 Mar. 2023
  • The defending team used a static image with the sole purpose of intercepting the ball.
    — IEEE Spectrum, 18 Aug. 2023
  • The temperature will stay static all day, with a high of about 48 degrees Fahrenheit.
    — The Oregonian/oregonlive, oregonlive, 30 Dec. 2022
  • The measurements are not static and could change depending on how the rest of the wet season develops.
    — Los Angeles Times, 12 Jan. 2023
  • Designers have some freedom with the hull and sail shape, but everyone has to use the same design of masts, booms, and static rigging.
    — Jonathan M. Gitlin, Ars Technica, 23 Jan. 2023
  • Many concepts are static models, but Mercedes-Benz built one that works.
    — Abigail Bassett, Ars Technica, 13 Dec. 2022
  • Leaving static text or a still image sitting on the screen draws almost no power at all.
    — PCMAG, 18 Sep. 2023
  • Yet models that predict the future state of these glaciers assume that grounding lines are static.
    — WIRED, 8 Nov. 2022
  • The conference could get stronger or weaker but is unlikely to remain static in membership by the turn of the decade.
    — Jon Wilner, San Diego Union-Tribune, 8 Aug. 2023
  • That’s going to mean no in-store radio, lower light settings where possible, and the stores’ TV wall changed to a static image.
    — Chris Morris, Fortune, 8 Nov. 2023
  • But because the world continues to burn fossil fuels, the climate isn’t static.
    — Andrea Thompson, Scientific American, 10 Oct. 2023
  • The Parisienne’s static archetype seemed to embrace less normative, narrow ideals towards a wider scope of lifestyles and choices.
    — Alice Pfeiffer, CNN, 6 Mar. 2024
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static

2 of 2 noun
  • There was so much static on the radio we couldn't hear the broadcast.
  • He was getting a lot of static about his decision.
  • The chapter, like much of the book, feels like a long climb for a bit of static.
    — Robert Moor, The New Yorker, 10 June 2021
  • The sheets were very soft, and the tester noted that there wasn’t any static.
    — Barbara Bellesi Zito, Peoplemag, 14 July 2023
  • White noise Sounds like: The static of a TV or radio, or the whir of a fan.
    — Stacey Colino, Washington Post, 9 Oct. 2023
  • And then Solomon too heard the static, and the white glare of her eyes blinded his own, and the voice was drowned in silence.
    — Cynthia Ozick, Harper's Magazine, 10 Apr. 2023
  • When the home team attempts field goals, the video board will have just logos of the teams or show static.
    — Dallas News, 16 Jan. 2023
  • Our only complaint is that grinds stick to the sides of the container due to the static.
    — Jamie Kim, Good Housekeeping, 14 Dec. 2022
  • The soft cream will add fullness to your curls and will reduce static and frizz.
    — The Salt Lake Tribune, 26 May 2022
  • In the past few months, the picture of late night has become covered in static.
    — Bill Carter, CNN, 3 Oct. 2022
  • The video images were ghostly, and the audio was filled with static.
    — IEEE Spectrum, 2 Oct. 2023
  • Just like static on a phone line, brain signals can be noisy.
    — Marla Broadfoot, Smithsonian Magazine, 26 May 2023
  • It should be hung to dry to avoid shrinking and building static, though.
    — Carly Kulzer, Peoplemag, 17 Aug. 2022
  • At this point, the video cuts off, leaving the screen filled with static and an unpleasant hum.
    — Claire Rafford, The Indianapolis Star, 2 Apr. 2022
  • Your best friend in fighting static may be in your laundry room.
    — Catharine Malzahn, Good Housekeeping, 22 Apr. 2022
  • Hugh has finally found a jazz station, and managed to tune out the static.
    — David Sedaris, The New Yorker, 2 Aug. 2021
  • Even as the radio feed became buried by a roar of static, Schonely’s voice seemed to cut through at the biggest moments.
    — Bill Oram, oregonlive, 21 Jan. 2023
  • The result, in this case, was hard to make out; the black-and-white image reminded me of television static.
    — James Somers, The New Yorker, 28 Feb. 2022
  • Dip dip dip, the code repeats, before fading once again, absorbed by a whoosh of static.
    — Cathy Alter, WIRED, 27 Aug. 2023
  • According to the researchers, adding a spritz of water to the beans before grinding cuts static.
    — Carolyn Y. Johnson, Washington Post, 6 Dec. 2023
  • The picture on the screen was fuzzy and the sound wasn’t working, but the images permeated the static: Two planes had crashed into the sides of skyscrapers.
    — Los Angeles Times, 3 Sep. 2021
  • Her theatrical wail cut through the static on radios across Britain.
    — Stephen Humphries, The Christian Science Monitor, 15 June 2022
  • Does Allen keep his defense static, leaving Pierre to deal with Palmer when he’s lined up inside?
    — Zach Osterman, The Indianapolis Star, 29 Sep. 2022
  • His voice is grim and clipped, even through the international static of our call.
    — Stacey Anderson, Rolling Stone, 24 June 2021
  • For three months the telescope scanned its targets and found nothing more than cosmic static.
    — Nadia Drake, National Geographic, 19 June 2020
  • Duke did take a sleeping pill the first night but woke up twice from errant master alarms and once from static in his earpiece.
    — Amy Shira Teitel, Discover Magazine, 17 Nov. 2017
  • The sheets work hard to not only minimize wrinkles and static but also add a fresh, clean scent.
    — Good Housekeeping, 17 Aug. 2023
  • While some of the work is insightful, the static, point-in-time, nature of the analysis is limiting.
    — Michael Molnar, Forbes, 21 June 2021
  • Sculpture and dance can seem somewhat at odds — one static and fixed, the other fluid and shifting.
    — Dallas News, 20 Mar. 2023
  • Hendon thought reducing that static would be a good way to eliminate those clumps.
    — Jennifer Ouellette, Ars Technica, 6 Dec. 2023

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