timbre
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To start with the familiar: The example I drove at the media event near San Diego last week felt impressively solid and soundly made, with door slams resonating with Honda’s trademark timbre.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 28, 2026
"We have that same timbre but I've had to work on the way he speaks."
From BBC • Mar. 21, 2025
Recorded in large part during the band’s sojourn to New Orleans, the record positively brims with energy and musical timbre.
From Salon • Mar. 21, 2025
Wilkins, who lends Barack Obama a smoky timbre as seductive as the patented sounds of Teddy Pendergrass and Marvin Gaye.
From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 1, 2025
The enraged timbre in Papa’s voice made my fingers cold at the tips.
From "Purple Hibiscus" by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
Vocabulary lists containing timbre
Music - Introductory
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This Week In Culture: April 12–18, 2020
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Music - Middle School
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