sonorous
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Sonorous and soaring, full of high-minded earnestness—and, of course, dignity—but at times gauzy and hard to understand in all its twists and turns.
From Slate • Jun. 28, 2016
Sonorous and/or schmaltzy talk substitutes for the revelation of character through action.
From Salon • Apr. 16, 2011
Sonorous and bland, he mocks both the ambitious Imperialism of Theodore Roosevelt and the lofty Internationalism of Woodrow Wilson.
From Time Magazine Archive
Sonorous, sober, highly judicious journalists might still succeed in producing, at great loss, a journal expressing themselves and their views, but no considerable section of the nation would ever again hang upon their words.
From Personality in Literature by Scott-James, Rolfe Arnold
He will proceed, with this banner flying, to the custom- house in Charleston, "All the while Sonorous metal blowing martial sounds."
From Select Speeches of Daniel Webster, 1817-1845 by Webster, Daniel
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