sonorous

Example Sentences

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Low sonorous chanting resonated through the hall as ritual smoke lingered in the still, humid air.

From BBC • Jul. 2, 2025

It’s startlingly similar to what happens when he stands on opera stages — all 6 feet, 5 inches of him — and bellows in his sonorous bass-baritone; you are irrevocably drawn in.

From Seattle Times • Apr. 15, 2024

His once sonorous voice, capable of issuing booming blasts of indignation, has grown somewhat quieter and more phlegmy.

From Salon • Sep. 18, 2023

On songs like “Rescue,” Ian McCulloch’s sonorous baritone recalls Jim Morrison at his most majestic.

From Los Angeles Times • May 22, 2023

She sounded like Master, that sonorous and authoritative tone.

From "Half of a Yellow Sun" by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie