sonority

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While it’s quicker and faster than its predecessors, much of the focus seems to be on delivering emotional content rather than stopwatch performance—most obviously, in the presence and sonority of the engine.

From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 23, 2025

The arresting analog engineering of the Royce Hall sessions are where you witness the marvelous Mehta Sound — where each sonority has a personality, even a kind of chutzpah.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 10, 2023

The most gravity-defying songs in this new bunch — “Diamonds,” “I Need Mo” — might be the most tuneful of his career, and at times, his sonority floats in perfect parallel to his lyrics.

From Washington Post • Oct. 15, 2018

Shorter’s tenor saxophone anchors the three disks with a surreal sonority, a wild cry that comes from the heart of sorrow.

From The New Yorker • Aug. 25, 2018

Anna closed the bedroom door softly; through the open window came the tones of Cauldon Church clock, famous for their sonority, and richness, announcing eleven.

From Anna of the Five Towns by Bennett, Arnold