stentorious

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Now 51, he is a strapping, stentorious charmer who has never let his spiritual calling inhibit his fun-loving ways.

From Time Magazine Archive

Presently a large, portly-looking man, dressed like as Yorkshire farmer, came, to the bank, and in a stentorious voice ordered the captain to haul into the creek at once!

From Manuel Pereira by Adams, F. Colburn (Francis Colburn)

Come, gentlemen guests, you are as welcome as the showers," says Marston, in a stentorious voice: "Be seated; you are at home under my roof.

From Our World, Or, the Slaveholder's Daughter by Adams, F. Colburn (Francis Colburn)

He saw every prospect of realizing the fond dream of his ambition when once again a call of duty to serve God's humble children came in stentorious tones.

From Twentieth Century Negro Literature Or, A Cyclopedia of Thought on the Vital Topics Relating to the American Negro by Culp, Daniel Wallace

And indeed, as it turned out, about ten that night the Colonel's loud and stentorious breathing began to fail slowly.

From What's Bred in the Bone by Allen, Grant