stentorian

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Much of the solo vocal writing is stentorian and talky, moving the story along.

From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 19, 2025

This habitual stentorian announcement of what the high court will be deciding was once merely myopic, ignoring ethics violations and judicial behavior as it did.

From Slate • Oct. 2, 2025

In the stentorian 18th-century cadences of historian Edward Gibbon and essayist Samuel Johnson, he painted a heroic portrait of that nation of shopkeepers and saw Britain’s current troubles in light of its glorious past.

From Seattle Times • Mar. 8, 2024

He is perhaps best known for his assortment of bow ties, his stentorian voice and his ability to deliver a 20-minute sermon without notes.

From Washington Times • Jun. 27, 2023

About that time he had begun to cultivate the black mustache with waxed tips and the somewhat stentorian voice that would characterize him in the war.

From "One Hundred Years of Solitude" by Gabriel Garcia Marquez