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sonorous

[suh-nawr-uhs, -nohr-, son-er-uhs] / səˈnɔr əs, -ˈnoʊr-, ˈsɒn ər əs /


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Low sonorous chanting resonated through the hall as ritual smoke lingered in the still, humid air.

From BBC • Jul. 2, 2025

It’s startlingly similar to what happens when he stands on opera stages — all 6 feet, 5 inches of him — and bellows in his sonorous bass-baritone; you are irrevocably drawn in.

From Seattle Times • Apr. 15, 2024

Dressed humbly in loose black clothes, they sometimes hunched over their score, almost crumpling into it, before opening their mouth to reveal a magnificently sonorous timbre.

From New York Times • Dec. 14, 2022

Yet her sonorous voice carries the weight of a hundred years of solitude.

From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 4, 2022

There was a sonorous boom from below and something huge whizzed past just a few inches away.

From "Dactyl Hill Squad" by Daniel José Older




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