canorous

Example Sentences

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A whisp of a canorous clarinet or a rumbling rattle is all it takes for a kind of instant transport to a far-off time and place.

From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 12, 2025

Then, like a rumble of thunder, heard we a canorous roar.

From Ballads of a Cheechako by Service, Robert W. (Robert William)

But the other Paris, the Paris of the canorous night, the Paris of the Parisians!

From Europe After 8:15 by Benton, Thomas H.

Contents of the Phrase.—Here is a great deal of talk about rhythm—and naturally; for in our canorous language rhythm is always at the door.

From The Works of Robert Louis Stevenson - Swanston Edition Vol. 16 (of 25) by Stevenson, Robert Louis

The Latin has given us most of our canorous words, only they must not be confounded with merely sonorous ones, still less with phrases that, instead of supplementing the sense, encumber it.

From Among My Books First Series by Lowell, James Russell