mellifluous
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For centuries, French has been the measured and mellifluous language of international diplomacy.
From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 26, 2026
Blessed with a sweet, mellifluous voice, he began singing at his local church at the age of six.
From BBC • Nov. 24, 2025
The chatter mostly unfolds, in mellifluous French, over white tablecloths and stainless steel countertops, with no PowerPoints or government office furniture in sight.
From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 29, 2023
Deploying his relaxed, mellifluous Southern drawl to sinister purposes, Matthew McConaughey channels Robert Mitchum in Letts’s bracing redneck noir about a trailer-park murder scheme in West Texas that goes sideways.
From New York Times • Aug. 7, 2023
When you talk about Churchill’s “great rolling periods”— meaning his long, mellifluous sentences—you are primarily talking about sound effects: the gather and surge of a sentence toward its climax.
From "Words Like Loaded Pistols" by Sam Leith
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