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
An American Shakespearean who can hold his own with the Brits, he combines mellifluous diction with muscular imagination.
From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 17, 2026
Blessed with a sweet, mellifluous voice, he began singing at his local church at the age of six.
From BBC • Nov. 24, 2025
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
“With more water you can grow fruit like crazy from your fruit trees,” the thugs’ mellifluous voices crooned.
From "The Milagro Beanfield War" by John Nichols
Vocabulary lists containing mellifluous
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