sonorous

Example Sentences

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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

On songs like “Rescue,” Ian McCulloch’s sonorous baritone recalls Jim Morrison at his most majestic.

From Los Angeles Times • May 22, 2023

“You’re no god, you’re no teacher, you’re no saint, you’re no leader,” Smith sings with silky venom, while a group of bass vocalists offer some sonorous no-no-no-nos in agreement.

From New York Times • Jan. 26, 2023

His childhood was full of them; his very body was an empty hall echoing with sonorous defeated names; he was not a being, an entity, he was a commonwealth.

From "Absalom, Absalom!" by William Faulkner