sonorous
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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
There are indelible voices in entertainment, and there is James Earl Jones’ baritone, variously described as sonorous, commanding, and booming.
From Salon ● Sep. 12, 2024
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
He’s masculinity incarnate, in all its confidence and anxieties — direct, sonorous and conversational even as the tragedy builds.
From New York Times ● Jan. 8, 2023
From Perotin in 1200 to Machaut in 1350, composers had enjoyed the resonant, sonorous effect of simultaneous notes in clusters, or chords.
From "The Story of Music" by Howard Goodall
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