canorous

Example Sentences

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A whisp of a canorous clarinet or a rumbling rattle is all it takes for a kind of instant transport to a far-off time and place.

From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 12, 2025

Then there came a canorous snarl of bass, and then, abruptly, with resistless charm, and with full-bodied, satisfying amplitude of volume the opening movement of the overture of "Carmen."

From The Pit by Norris, Frank

The Latin has given us most of our canorous words, only they must not be confounded with merely sonorous ones, still less with phrases that, instead of supplementing the sense, encumber it.

From Among My Books First Series by Lowell, James Russell

Astounding, canorous, enchanting, alembicated and dramatic, the Chopin studies are exemplary essays in emotion and manner.

From Chopin : the Man and His Music by Huneker, James

Some are graceful and smooth, however, and are canorous though never sonorous.

From Sabbath in Puritan New England by Earle, Alice Morse