strepitous

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Sir: The Chicano community thanks you with a strepitous bravo! for finally referring to Lee Trevino as a Chicano.

From Time Magazine Archive

The first theme here grows to full melodic song, with extended answer, led by strepitous band of lower reed over a heavy clatter of strings.

From Symphonies and Their Meaning; Third Series, Modern Symphonies by Goepp, Philip H.

An almost too vivacious rendering of the Venusberg music brought the scheme to a strepitous conclusion.

From Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 159, 1920-10-06 by Seaman, Owen, Sir

One of the oldest lions observed in a strepitous bass that it was a great relief to him that his race had not been degraded by any such comparisons.

From Punch or the London Charivari, Vol. 147, July 8, 1914 by Various