Referring to the immediately surrounding area or encircling region: James was suddenly inundated or engulfed in an ambient snow storm which had just started to fall all around him while he was walking home from school.

The loud reverberations that come from sources in a given environment: The ambient noises, or background sounds, of cars on the freeway was heard from the condo balcony in the high-rise building complex and sometimes they could be irritating for the residents residing there.

Sometimes parades can produce ambient noises that are very disturbing for some people.

The uncontrollable background rackets of sounds in certain areas: For some people, there are ambient noise levels near expressways that can't always be endured or tolerated.