euphony

Example Sentences

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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

The euphony in Obama’s campaign speeches, alternately fiery and soothing, changed to the melody of authority once he was in office.

From The Guardian • May 3, 2020

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

Am farbigen Abglanz haben wir das Leben; each sense has its arbitrary quality, each language its arbitrary euphony and prosody; every game has its creative laws, every soul its own tender reverberations and secret dreams.

From Three Philosophical Poets Lucretius, Dante, and Goethe by Santayana, George