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euphony

[yoo-fuh-nee] / ˈju fə ni /
NOUN
harmony
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The hyperbole, salesmanship and euphony of the expression match his literate satirical persona.

From New York Times Jun. 30, 2023

Finally, our group out here settled on Federalist Society as a name, which I suppose makes up in euphony what it lacks in accuracy.

From Salon Dec. 2, 2021

Listen to how the music unfolds: passages that slyly verge on atonality are linked like gossamer chains to hinge moments of pure tonal euphony, each expressing a clear dramatic point.

From The New Yorker Feb. 28, 2019

He was richly alive to cadence and euphony.

From Economist May 23, 2018

I have been guided chiefly by euphony, and the sensation of 'will' as softer and gentler than 'shall.'

From Lafcadio Hearn by Nina H. Kennard

But to Meredith the euphonies of France were not strange.

From The Car That Went Abroad Motoring Through the Golden Age by Albert Bigelow Paine

The souls from different parts of the earth recognize each other and converse in human language, but, unless practiced, it is forgotten and our euphonies take its place.

From The Certainty of a Future Life in Mars by L. P. Gratacap

And the city?—Oh, my dear, my dear, I never expected to encounter anything so much out of key with the essential euphonies.

From The Wit and Humor of America, Volume IV. (of X.) by Marshall Pinckney Wilder




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