sonorous
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Sonorous and soaring, full of high-minded earnestness—and, of course, dignity—but at times gauzy and hard to understand in all its twists and turns.
From Slate • Jun. 28, 2016
Sonorous and/or schmaltzy talk substitutes for the revelation of character through action.
From Salon • Apr. 16, 2011
Sonorous and bland, he mocks both the ambitious Imperialism of Theodore Roosevelt and the lofty Internationalism of Woodrow Wilson.
From Time Magazine Archive
Sonorous and not unpleasing, his voice trembled with intense and unquestionable earnestness; and when it ceased he remained motionless in his attitude of humility.
From The Bronze Bell by Vance, Louis Joseph
"Sonorous metal, blowing martial sounds; At which the universal host upsent A shout, that tore hell's concave, and beyond Frighted the reign of Chaos and old Night."
From The Last of the Vikings by Bowling, John
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