nasality

Example Sentences

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He added, “It definitely does have some of the Sinatra characteristics, but there’s a little nasality in there, and it’s when the singer becomes nasal that I start to hear that it’s not Frank.”

From Los Angeles Times • Aug. 14, 2020

There’s an enthusiastic crack of adolescence, of nasality, in his voice that might sound nerdy but is also warm.

From New York Times • Dec. 20, 2017

At its best, my voice has a James Taylor-ish nasality that has the net effect of a mild laxative.

From New York Times • Jan. 12, 2013

Yet the two are instantly doing dueling Michael Caines: Coogan emphasizing Caine's nasality, Brydon the lower, slower diction that comes from decades of "all the cigars and brandy."

From Time • Jun. 10, 2011

The common defects of nasality, throatiness, and harshness, are due to wrong and careless use of the speaking-instrument.

From Talks on Talking by Kleiser, Grenville