timbre
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For those in the cabin, the V12 retains the same gorgeous timbre and temper—maybe a little bit angrier.
From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 23, 2025
"We have that same timbre but I've had to work on the way he speaks."
From BBC • Mar. 21, 2025
Wilkins, who lends Barack Obama a smoky timbre as seductive as the patented sounds of Teddy Pendergrass and Marvin Gaye.
From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 1, 2025
But Jones’ timbre perhaps gave voice to something universal, a sound to nobility and resplendence.
From Salon • Sep. 12, 2024
At this hour, it was very possible that Franny felt deeply hesitant about taking a chance on just the timbre, let alone the verbal content, of any of her brothers’ voices on the phone.
From "Franny and Zooey" by J. D. Salinger
Vocabulary lists containing timbre
Music - Introductory
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This Week In Culture: April 12–18, 2020
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Music - Middle School
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