lower register

Example Sentences

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At the time, she felt it was impossible to take time off, and experimented with singing in a lower register to ease the stress on her vocal cords.

From BBC • Mar. 30, 2026

As it stays in a lower register with a few runs, singing this won’t shake your confidence or break your soul.

From Los Angeles Times • Aug. 29, 2023

What Mitchell has gained is a fine command of her sumptuous lower register — an androgynous, omniscient voice, like a wise, benevolent god.

From New York Times • Jun. 11, 2023

Under the sea, air is precious — and whales likely evolved to use the lower register for echolocation since it uses air the most efficiently.

From Washington Post • Mar. 2, 2023

A little while later they came out smoking cigars, talking contentedly in the mellow lower register of the German language.

From "Slaughterhouse-Five" by Kurt Vonnegut