mellifluous
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Viola Davis provides mellifluous narration; giving voice to Du Bois in the reading of his letters and literature are the rapper-activist Common and the actors Jeffrey Wright and Courtney B. Vance.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 14, 2026
The mellifluous tenor that narrated Dodgers games for generations of Spanish-language listeners hasn’t weakened.
From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 27, 2025
Deploying his relaxed, mellifluous Southern drawl to sinister purposes, Matthew McConaughey channels Robert Mitchum in Letts’s bracing redneck noir about a trailer-park murder scheme in West Texas that goes sideways.
From New York Times • Aug. 7, 2023
Her mellifluous voice soundtracks the show; frankly, "Top Chef" is Padma's stage.
From Salon • Jun. 10, 2023
“Don’t think ill of him,” Scythe Curie told Rowan and Citra, her voice mellifluous, yet sharp at the same time.
From "Scythe" by Neal Shusterman
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