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sonorous

[suh-nawr-uhs, -nohr-, son-er-uhs] / səˈnɔr əs, -ˈnoʊr-, ˈsɒn ər əs /


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If the Dodgers win, they move on to the NL Championship Series, where Kershaw could get a chance to end his career on a more sonorous note than the clunker he played Wednesday.

From Los Angeles Times Oct. 9, 2025

Low sonorous chanting resonated through the hall as ritual smoke lingered in the still, humid air.

From BBC Jul. 2, 2025

It’s startlingly similar to what happens when he stands on opera stages — all 6 feet, 5 inches of him — and bellows in his sonorous bass-baritone; you are irrevocably drawn in.

From Seattle Times Apr. 15, 2024

There is also a fabulous drone shot through a forest and along a river that is scored to Pawel Mykietyn's sonorous music.

From Salon Nov. 17, 2022

A deep, softly sonorous cooing sound at the end of each expiration, audible to bystanders.

From "Lincoln's Last Days: The Shocking Assassination that Changed America Forever" by Bill O'Reilly




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