As the orchestra played the sonorous timpani added a robust quality to the piece. From LearnThat.org.
He was lame and blind in one eye, and well do I recall his sonorous and tremulous response, his love for the Psalms (Tate and. From Wordnik.com. [The Parish Clerk] Reference
"'But your sonorous verse is like Jove's thunder.'". From Wordnik.com. [Plutarch's Morals] Reference
The measure must be of sonorous dignity, befitting the subject. From Wordnik.com. [Journeys Through Bookland, Vol. 10 The Guide] Reference
"Good!" cried Hoffland, with the sonorous voice of a man-at-arms. From Wordnik.com. [The Youth of Jefferson A Chronicle of College Scrapes at Williamsburg, in Virginia, A.D. 1764] Reference
They began a sonorous chant of, “Jirry Lewees, Jirry Lewees.”. From Wordnik.com. [While on Vacation in Rome] Reference
He replied, as was his habit, with the sonorous syllable of Italy. From Wordnik.com. [The French Immortals Series — Complete] Reference
As they looked up his voice came clear and sonorous through the air. From Wordnik.com. [The Dodge Club or, Italy in MDCCCLIX] Reference
At length he spoke in a low tone, unlike his usual sonorous accents. From Wordnik.com. [Seven and Nine years Among the Camanches and Apaches An Autobiography] Reference
The strong sonorous voice of the captain shouted to us to get to cover. From Wordnik.com. [Yr Ynys Unyg The Lonely Island] Reference
"Monsieur de Camors," repeated the old man, in a deep and sonorous voice. From Wordnik.com. [The French Immortals Series — Complete] Reference
Needless to say, the cicalas around us keep up their perpetual sonorous chirping. From Wordnik.com. [The French Immortals Series — Complete] Reference
One day he heard footsteps on the gravel; a sonorous and jovial voice met his ear. From Wordnik.com. [The French Immortals Series — Complete] Reference
So in sonorous tones, the preacher read the poet's beautiful tribute to childhood. From Wordnik.com. [The Lilac Lady] Reference
Are there not in the human mind wings that flutter and sonorous chords that vibrate?. From Wordnik.com. [The French Immortals Series — Complete] Reference
And he mimics operatic singers capitally, with sonorous words in mock Italian basso recitative. From Wordnik.com. [The History of "Punch"] Reference
Her rich sonorous voice bounced off the walls and wafted up the magnificent cherry wood staircase. From Wordnik.com. [Cheryl Wills: Phenomenally Yours: A Sit-Down With Dr. Maya Angelou] Reference
This he did with so good a grace, and in so sonorous a voice, that the most difficult were fully satisfied. From Wordnik.com. [Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 62, Number 361, November, 1845.] Reference
We have a fully functioning Criticism ... swarms and schools of makers of the sonorous complacencies of Judgment. From Wordnik.com. [Adventures in the Arts Informal Chapters on Painters, Vaudeville, and Poets] Reference
The GTO has a spectacular V-8, 350-horsepower engine and a sport-tuned exhaust that belts out a sonorous grumble. From Wordnik.com. [ROAD TEST: PONTIAC GTO] Reference
"I would not like to lose it now, it is older than you are, Amey," he observed, without changing his sonorous voice. From Wordnik.com. [The Doctor's Daughter] Reference
I cannot describe how very odd and elfish it did seem to have those sonorous words rolling out of the smiling mouth. From Wordnik.com. [Stories Worth Rereading] Reference
The quality of the music is warm and sonorous, not croaky or hoarse, not dark or charred, not trilling nor operatic. From Wordnik.com. [Mars] Reference
The Doctor broke out in his sonorous voice, the rest immediately joining him in the familiar doxology, "Old Hundred,". From Wordnik.com. [Doctor Jones' Picnic] Reference
Enfants ', declaimed in a sonorous voice that blended with the thousand-and-one noises of the great Parisian bee-hive. From Wordnik.com. [The French Immortals Series — Complete] Reference
"Tell me," he cried, in a sonorous voice, "oh most noble Americans! how much will you give for this most ancient vase?". From Wordnik.com. [The Dodge Club or, Italy in MDCCCLIX] Reference
When speaking aloud thus, he used a great rolling, sonorous voice; it filled the room until the very window-panes vibrated. From Wordnik.com. [McClure's Magazine, Vol 31, No 2, June 1908] Reference
His voice loud, sonorous, and as rolling thunder in the distance, augmented the effect of his fierce and terrible invective. From Wordnik.com. [The International Monthly Magazine - Volume V - No II] Reference
Julien leaned against the trunk of a tree, listening to the sonorous voice of Reine, and could not take his eyes off the singer. From Wordnik.com. [The French Immortals Series — Complete] Reference
It was touching to hear the parting hymn sung by the sonorous voices of the British wounded, accompanied solemnly on the harmonium by. From Wordnik.com. [The Better Germany in War Time Being some Facts towards Fellowship] Reference
His manner was deferential, without being obsequious; his voice, clear, sonorous, and distinct, rang on the ear like a well-toned bell. From Wordnik.com. [The International Magazine, Volume 2, No. 3, February, 1851] Reference
Some naturally use simple words of Anglo-Saxon origin, while others use longer and more sonorous words which come from the Latin and the. From Wordnik.com. [Journeys Through Bookland, Vol. 10 The Guide] Reference
At this juncture, Judd, making a strenuous effort, rolled over upon the floor and opening his mouth wide broke into loud sonorous snores. From Wordnik.com. [Over the Line] Reference
As we drove along, we noticed at many of the street corners large and sonorous bells made of brass, and furnished with chains to pull them. From Wordnik.com. [Through Finland in Carts] Reference
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