The congregation consisted chiefly of a few young folk, who snored sonorously. From Wordnet, Princeton University.
Adjective : a sonorous cavern. ,a sonorous speech. From Dictionary.com.
"Oblivion!" nodded Mr. Brimberly, mouthing the word sonorously. From Wordnik.com. [The Definite Object A Romance of New York] Reference
Leaning out of the window he called sonorously, "Woodman, spare that tree!". From Wordnik.com. [Mark Twain, a Biography. Complete] Reference
Leaning out of the window he called sonorously, “Woodman, spare that tree!”. From Wordnik.com. [Mark Twain: A Biography] Reference
"Did Nate gin ye a word fur me?" he called sonorously, above the clamor of the noisy bark-mill. From Wordnik.com. [Down the Ravine] Reference
She rolled out the titles sonorously, determined that if she was docked of dignity in one way she would have it in another. From Wordnik.com. [The Adventures of Akbar] Reference
Hearing Austin's name sonorously pronounced by the man of calves, he looked up from his book, and held out his hand. From Wordnik.com. [Ordeal of Richard Feverel — Complete] Reference
Leaning out of the window he called sonorously. From Wordnik.com. [Mark Twain, a Biography — Volume II, Part 1: 1886-1900] Reference
Alfred began to sing the runes, softly, sonorously. From Wordnik.com. [The Seventh Gate]
“Comrades!” began the black-browed man sonorously. From Wordnik.com. [Mother] Reference
He went on to the end, speaking carefully and sonorously. From Wordnik.com. [The Worshippers] Reference
Lynch smote himself sonorously on the chest and said: —. From Wordnik.com. [A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man] Reference
Ignatius Gallaher slapped his friend sonorously on the back. From Wordnik.com. [Dubliners] Reference
Babbitt was to be heard sonorously agreeing with the once-hated. From Wordnik.com. [Babbit] Reference
“Prepare yourself, dear Lady Newhaven,” he said sonorously. From Wordnik.com. [Red Pottage] Reference
So did the sonorously musical accent that flavored her Videssian. From Wordnik.com. [Bridge of the Separator]
The deep bass, purely mental voice tolled sonorously in his head. From Wordnik.com. [The Chrome Borne]
She thought that she knew how it went though, slowly and sonorously. From Wordnik.com. [To the Lighthouse] Reference
A hideous ormolu clock ticked sonorously in the center of the mantel. From Wordnik.com. [The Kaisho]
Somewhere a clock with an enormous pen - dulum was ticking sonorously. From Wordnik.com. [Second Skin]
The voices of the talking Cossacks vibrated more sonorously than before. From Wordnik.com. [The Cossacks] Reference
"Now, girls," she said sonorously, "do take him onward to his next stop.". From Wordnik.com. [Knight Of Ghosts And Shadows]
Before the words had left my lips a deep voice aloft sonorously proclaimed. From Wordnik.com. [The Mutineers] Reference
"The shortcut to power, the easy road to pre-eminence," he repeated sonorously. From Wordnik.com. [The First Man in Rome]
Little by little the baroness fell asleep, and presently began to snore sonorously. From Wordnik.com. [Une Vie] Reference
Anne-Marie let herself go, and her voice rang quite sonorously through the classroom. From Wordnik.com. [Fifth Formers at St. Clare's]
I'm expected to present the facts as sonorously as I can and move on to the next story. From Wordnik.com. [Woodchuck Chumley: I, Woodchuck Chumley] Reference
Metropolitan Museum moved majestically past, echoing sonorously to the rush of the cab. From Wordnik.com. [The Beautiful and Damned] Reference
'Tis the voice of PUNCHINELLO wafting sonorously from his tower the instructive moral. From Wordnik.com. [Punchinello, Volume 1, No. 01, April 2, 1870] Reference
The herald sonorously announced that Mr. So-and-so would now respond to his Right Honorable. From Wordnik.com. [The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 12, No. 70, August, 1863] Reference
Her arched eyebrows rose with nervous twitches and her deep contralto voice rolled sonorously. From Wordnik.com. [Miss Pat at Artemis Lodge] Reference
Articulation should be clear, and the words formed sonorously, and from the stomach, as it were. From Wordnik.com. [Papers on Health] Reference
He still, however, rapped sonorously on my box, shaking his head from side to side like a china mandarin. From Wordnik.com. [Lippincott's Magazine of Popular Literature and Science, Vol. 12, No. 32, November, 1873] Reference
Do you not understand that we were sonorously beating our own drum when the Onondaga Giant was a mere baby?. From Wordnik.com. [Punchinello, Volume 1, No. 04, April 23, 1870] Reference
Her voice sounded less sonorously in the offices where she gave an order; her energetic nature seemed subdued. From Wordnik.com. [The French Immortals Series — Complete] Reference
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