white-noise machine

plural white-noise machines

1. alternativeAlternative form of white noise machine.

   Michel said she has overcome the hum by “investing in a wide array of earplugs” and by using a white-noise machine that provides a more soothing sound to drown out the annoying buzz.

   1985 August 8, Saul Rubin, “Hummer a Bummer: Mysterious Buzz Torments Sleepless Houseboat Owners, Confounds Scientists”, in Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles, Calif.: Los Angeles Times Communications, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 23 Mar 2026

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   The first so-called domestic white-noise machine may have been built in 1962, by a traveling salesman whose wife grew used to the air-conditioners in the motels they frequented and was unable to sleep at home.

   2018 December 27, Penelope Green, “The Sound of Silence”, in The New York Times, New York, N.Y.: The New York Times Company, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 27 Dec 2018

   By the time my daughter arrived, I had collected a small armoury of tools for the battle against her anticipated wakefulness. Swaddles, blackout blinds, a white-noise machine; for months after she was born, I used apps to obsessively track her “wake windows” and sleep totals to the minute, determined to crack the code for a good night’s sleep.

   2023 August 28, Lucy Pasha-Robinson, “Baby sleep has become a sign of parenting competence – and a source of shame”, in Katharine Viner, editor, The Guardian, London: Guardian News & Media, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 28 Aug 2023