sonant
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Dr. Gutheil cautions that no accurate explanation is apt to be simple: more likely in Hinckley's mind was a dis sonant snarl of emotions and delusions, which in concert led him to Washington.
From Time Magazine Archive
His hands moved quietly; his voice was clear and sonant; his words were few and polite.
From Life Immovable First Part by Phoutrides, Aristides E. (Aristides Evangelus)
I. E. sonant r and l become ri, li.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 5, Slice 5 "Cat" to "Celt" by Various
Far to the right lay what had once been called horresco referens the duckpond, where—"Dulce sonant tenui gutture carmen aves."
From My Novel — Complete by Lytton, Edward Bulwer Lytton, Baron
After enumerating some probable and reasonable annoyances, such as prudent owners would wish far removed from their bee gardens, he adds— . . . “aut ubi concava pulsu Saxa sonant, vocisque offensa resultat imago.”
From The Natural History of Selborne, Vol. 2 by Morley, Henry
