canorous

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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

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

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

Then there came a canorous snarl of bass, and then, abruptly, with resistless charm, and with full-bodied, satisfying amplitude of volume the opening movement of the overture of "Carmen."

From The Pit by Norris, Frank

She would solicit thus, canorous of phrase, a fan of her cardboard likenesses held out, invitational.

From Humoresque A Laugh on Life with a Tear Behind It by Hurst, Fannie

But no English poet can write English poetry except in English,—that is, in that compound of Teutonic and Romanic which derives its heartiness and strength from the one and its canorous elegance from the other.

From The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 01, No. 06, April, 1858 by Various