The guitarist played her instrument and then sang in a mellifluous voice. From LearnThat.org.
Adjective : a mellifluous voice; mellifluous tones. From Dictionary.com.
I was pleased to see the word "mellifluous" in today's post, especially as your use of it was so apt. From Wordnik.com. [Public Servitude: Making the Streets Safe for Absurdity] Reference
Spelling of 'melliflous' corrected to 'mellifluous'. From Wordnik.com. [Acadia or, A Month with the Blue Noses] Reference
Her voice was mellifluous, like honey pouring over an apple. From Wordnik.com. [Lunatics]
Enjoy yourself of mellifluous popcorn and sparkling drinks!. From Wordnik.com. [Bread, Fish, Serpent, Stone (continued)] Reference
His mellifluous voice had the range and depth of an orchestra. From Wordnik.com. [What Dreams May Come]
In phrase, it is mellifluous; in idea, impressively philosophical. From Wordnik.com. [The Continental Monthly, Vol. 1, No. 6, June, 1862 Devoted To Literature and National Policy] Reference
Jeffy darted off at a mellifluous sound that dropped down from above. From Wordnik.com. [The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 10, No. 61, November, 1862] Reference
Old Anna had twice spoken with the mellifluous voice of a young woman. From Wordnik.com. [The Vatican Rip]
No, no; change churlish dreams and braving trumpets to mellifluous flutes. From Wordnik.com. [The Mirror of Taste, and Dramatic Censor Volume I, Number 1] Reference
That's his great strength, is that he is such a mellifluous, soothing presence. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Mar 8, 2009] Reference
Which is actually too bad: they are older, they are French, they are mellifluous. From Wordnik.com. [Things to Do in Prague] Reference
He was mesmerized in the mellifluous monotony of rain slapping against the window. From Wordnik.com. [Corpus of a Siam Mosquito] Reference
For the mellifluous Svetlana Boginskaya, Barcelona will be the last Olympic hurrah. From Wordnik.com. [Gymnastics] Reference
"Go, my brother," said the driver in a mellifluous and really fraternal tone of voice. From Wordnik.com. [Lippincott's Magazine of Popular Literature and Science Volume 17, No. 099, March, 1876] Reference
His voice was low and mellifluous, and the kindly lines of his face were smoothed by age. From Wordnik.com. [Dance Of Death]
A mellifluous ambient house number, while not entirely memorable, was way ahead of its time. From Wordnik.com. [Readers recommend: hunting songs] Reference
And his speech was mellifluous, and he was adorned with ascetic merit and a knowledge of the. From Wordnik.com. [The Mahabharata of Krishna-Dwaipayana Vyasa, Volume 1 Books 1, 2 and 3] Reference
"Good evening," he said in the mellifluous voice he reserved for women he wanted to impress. From Wordnik.com. [The Cat Who Came To Breakfast]
Blessed with a mellifluous voice, he sang as if he and his buddies were gathered around a campfire. From Wordnik.com. [Dead In the Water] Reference
Hoop's sophomore 2010 release, Hunting My Dress, produced by Tony Berg, is powerful and mellifluous. From Wordnik.com. [Phil Ramone and Danielle Evin: Dog Ears Music: Volume 141] Reference
Her hands held onto my bones, and her lips whispered mellifluous poetry. From Wordnik.com. [A D O N I S] Reference
He spoke of every wildflower, mellifluous mountain stream and butterfly with the reverence of an apostle. From Wordnik.com. [Chris Rico: A Pilgrimage to Muir's Mecca: Through the Sacred to the Profane.] Reference
Expectations for the mellifluous actor were high, but Thompson went off script and tried to wing it — with poor results. From Wordnik.com. [Grin and Bear It] Reference
And yet, in spite of (or perhaps on account of) PUNCHINELLO'S mellifluous name, much cavil has been brought to bear upon him. From Wordnik.com. [Punchinello, Volume 1, No. 01, April 2, 1870] Reference
And the banks of those rivers resounded with the mellifluous strains of the male Kokilas and the notes of peacocks and cranes. From Wordnik.com. [The Mahabharata of Krishna-Dwaipayana Vyasa, Volume 1 Books 1, 2 and 3] Reference
At last something good, the mellifluous and the true, began to trickle from his brain and pour in with the saliva of his mouth. From Wordnik.com. [An Apostate: Nawin of Thais] Reference
For her, no lion, tempest-crowned, for her no prowling bear, for her no screaming eagle -- but the harp, mellifluous and tender. From Wordnik.com. [St. Cuthbert's] Reference
Oh, how distinctly he remembered one of the last conversations he had with her, when, in her own mellifluous tones, she had repeated. From Wordnik.com. [Woman As She Should Be or, Agnes Wiltshire] Reference
The leader of the LDK, the forever silk scarfed and mellifluous Dr. Ibrahim Rugova, compared himself openly and blushlessly to Vaclav. From Wordnik.com. [Terrorists and Freedom Fighters] Reference
'As the soule of Euphorbus was thought to live in Pythagoras: so the sweete, wittie soul of Ovid lives in mellifluous and hony-tongued. From Wordnik.com. [Shakspere and Montaigne] Reference
Tell me, where else but at KCRW can you hear mellifluous, in-depth interviews with authors of the latest books everyone is talking about?. From Wordnik.com. [Edward Goldman: The Art Gospel According to Edward Goldman: Ten Reasons (or Ten Commandments) to Support KCRW] Reference
I listened going close to the wall, when I discovered the mellifluous accents proceeded from the throat of the missing giant, Sir Tilton. From Wordnik.com. [A Heart-Song of To-day] Reference
"Will you not look at me, darling?" he asked in that mellifluous voice of his which no woman had yet been found strong enough to withstand. From Wordnik.com. [Lippincott's Magazine of Popular Literature and Science Volume 17, No. 101, May, 1876] Reference
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