nasality

Example Sentences

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He added, “It definitely does have some of the Sinatra characteristics, but there’s a little nasality in there, and it’s when the singer becomes nasal that I start to hear that it’s not Frank.”

From Los Angeles Times • Aug. 14, 2020

There’s an enthusiastic crack of adolescence, of nasality, in his voice that might sound nerdy but is also warm.

From New York Times • Dec. 20, 2017

Oliver is a plainly gripping singer, his nasality helping him cut through the clatter.

From New York Times • Aug. 8, 2011

Yet the two are instantly doing dueling Michael Caines: Coogan emphasizing Caine's nasality, Brydon the lower, slower diction that comes from decades of "all the cigars and brandy."

From Time • Jun. 10, 2011

Use ingenuity by indirect methods to overcome nasality, stuttering, nervously rapid reading, slovenly and careless expression, monotone, and singsong.

From Special Method in the Reading of Complete English Classics In the Grades of the Common School by McMurry, Charles A. (Charles Alexander)