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mellifluous

[muh-lif-loo-uhs] / məˈlɪf lu əs /


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Viola Davis provides mellifluous narration; giving voice to Du Bois in the reading of his letters and literature are the rapper-activist Common and the actors Jeffrey Wright and Courtney B. Vance.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 14, 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 mellifluous tenor that narrated Dodgers games for generations of Spanish-language listeners hasn’t weakened.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 27, 2025

“The sound now is really spectacular — in a more mellifluous, mellow, lyrical way.”

From New York Times • Jun. 17, 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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