timbre
Example Sentences
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You can tell she has written jokes, and maybe in print they would make you laugh—my guess is, they would—but her thin timbre and dulled rhythms don’t serve the material well at all.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 24, 2026
But Colón’s instrumental preference changed once he heard the bodied timbre of Mon Rivera’s all-trombone brass lineup marching to a bomba beat.
From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 21, 2026
Emma Grimsley’s soprano had the necessary brightness and coloratura flexibility for Manon, but her monochromatic timbre missed the character’s pathos.
From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 17, 2026
"We have that same timbre but I've had to work on the way he speaks."
From BBC • Mar. 21, 2025
It lent an added timbre to her speaking voice.
From "Harriet Tubman: Conductor on the Underground Railroad" by Ann Petry
Vocabulary lists containing timbre
Music - Introductory
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This Week In Culture: April 12–18, 2020
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Music - Middle School
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