Various percussion instruments would create such euphony when sounded with harmony and rhythm. From LearnThat.org.
Its euphony and indefiniteness were a charm tohim. From Wordnik.com. [The Volokh Conspiracy » “We Cannot Ask a Man [Being Considered for the Supreme Court] What He Will Do”] Reference
The raucous military voices blend in a softer euphony. From Wordnik.com. [Stuka Pilot]
Alanine (a name selected for euphony alone, apparently). From Wordnik.com. [The Human Brain]
Gellatin, which gets the idea across if not the euphony. From Wordnik.com. [No Time To Make Dessert?] Reference
Qualities, essential: Of sentences, unity; emphasis; euphony. From Wordnik.com. [Practical Grammar and Composition] Reference
She played with the euphony of words; 'Hitler, Attila, Caligula. From Wordnik.com. [Captain Corelli's Mandolin]
It is the only way to give to a language copiousness and euphony. From Wordnik.com. [Archive 2006-11-01] Reference
He is devoted to reader empowerment like Keats was devoted to euphony. From Wordnik.com. [Fiction] Reference
The author's prose has the merits of simplicity, euphony and precision. From Wordnik.com. [Tears of The Giraffe: Summary and book reviews of Tears of The Giraffe by Alexander McCall Smith.] Reference
It has nothing to do with Kierkegaard, and was chosen only for euphony. From Wordnik.com. [moniker] Reference
The euphony that filled the air anew was light, almost jaunty in expression. From Wordnik.com. [Into the Thinking Kingdoms]
Fowler prescribed "a'n't" and not "amn't", for the reason of euphony you gave. From Wordnik.com. [On aren't I] Reference
Again, balance in the following sentences enhances their efficiency and euphony. From Wordnik.com. [Both . . . and . . .] Reference
Rosicrucian that he had never before comprehended the true euphony of the language. From Wordnik.com. [Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine - Volume 62, No. 384, October 1847] Reference
In Newspeak, euphony outweighed every consideration other than exactitude of meaning. From Wordnik.com. [Nineteen Eighty-four] Reference
OK, how about this for impenetrability combined with euphony: a Masorah of Hebraists. From Wordnik.com. [Rambles at starchamber.com » Blog Archive » An absurdity of animal plurals] Reference
I have retained several of the French names, on account of their measure and euphony. From Wordnik.com. [Athaliah A Tragedy, Intended For Reading Only, Translated Into English Blank Verse, From Racine (A. Gombert's Edition, 1825)] Reference
Some musical masterpieces transcend mere euphony to become a matter of life and death. From Wordnik.com. [From Despair to Delight] Reference
You may prefer one to the other for reasons of style, euphony, or economy of expression. From Wordnik.com. [The Grammarphobia Blog » Blog Archive » Why Alice has got to grow up again] Reference
I have assumed it, therefore, as a title, as much from its antiquity as for its euphony. From Wordnik.com. [Kathay: A Cruise in the China Seas] Reference
Perhaps it may be explained by some law of language -- some rule of euphony, now unknown. From Wordnik.com. [The Bishop of Cottontown A Story of the Southern Cotton Mills] Reference
The point is that there is no hard-and-fast rule on this – usually it depends on euphony. From Wordnik.com. [Preposterous Apostrophes I: Possessives « Motivated Grammar] Reference
The latter is a fair specimen of the peculiar euphony which I have noticed in “Zanzibar”. From Wordnik.com. [Two Trips to Gorilla Land and the Cataracts of the Congo] Reference
Strict accuracy, here slightly in conflict with rhythm and euphony, requires the word ‘port’. From Wordnik.com. [Three Guineas] Reference
If there is no word corresponding to the horrible 'Janeite,' then it can only be for reasons of euphony. From Wordnik.com. [Not So Close to Colette] Reference
"Kittelywink!" exclaimed Rob, giving him his full name, which had been shortened for the sake of euphony. From Wordnik.com. [Apples, Ripe and Rosy, Sir] Reference
If the smoothness of the verses equalled the euphony of the title, this must have proved a moving appeal. From Wordnik.com. [The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 06, No. 34, August, 1860] Reference
Not only is it just a matter of euphony and, you know, making sense, it's also a matter of regional pride. From Wordnik.com. [Archive 2006-12-01] Reference
There is a euphony issue with a repeated to: many people don't like to do more than to speak and suchlike. From Wordnik.com. [Archive 2007-12-01] Reference
Which of these various sounds should be given the digamma appears to have been determined by the law of euphony. From Wordnik.com. [The Roman Pronunciation of Latin Why we use it and how to use it] Reference
They alter her name into Pherephatta now-a-days, because the present generation care for euphony more than truth. From Wordnik.com. [The CRATYLUS] Reference
Version, though some have felt that the beauty and especially the euphony of the familiar passage has been marred. From Wordnik.com. [Usury A Scriptural, Ethical and Economic View] Reference
Sandhis are those changes of contiguous vowels (in compounding two words) that are required by the rules of euphony. From Wordnik.com. [The Mahabharata of Krishna-Dwaipayana Vyasa, Volume 3 Books 8, 9, 10, 11 and 12] Reference
Composers and performers often changed their names for euphony, to fit the musical fashion, or to avoid stereotyping. From Wordnik.com. [Songs for Kellys and Cohens] Reference
But, perhaps for the sake of euphony, in some instances, custom has decided in favor of a singular, and in others, of. From Wordnik.com. [English Grammar in Familiar Lectures] Reference
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