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

Its style, however, is antiquated—with its timbrel beat and its canorous harmony and “coda fortis”—and modern choirs have little use in religious service for the sonata written for viols and horns.

From The Story of the Hymns and Tunes by Brown, Theron

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

Astounding, canorous, enchanting, alembicated and dramatic, the Chopin studies are exemplary essays in emotion and manner.

From Chopin : the Man and His Music by Huneker, James