timbre
Example Sentences
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You can tell she has written jokes, and maybe in print they would make you laugh—my guess is, they would—but her thin timbre and dulled rhythms don’t serve the material well at all.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 24, 2026
In her best quotable moments, she seamlessly infuses her sometimes shrill timbre with a dash of Southern drawl.
From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 25, 2026
"We have that same timbre but I've had to work on the way he speaks."
From BBC • Mar. 21, 2025
But Jones’ timbre perhaps gave voice to something universal, a sound to nobility and resplendence.
From Salon • Sep. 12, 2024
Herbie subsided suddenly, and muttered in a low voice from which the metallic timbre departed almost entirely.
From "I, Robot" by Isaac Asimov
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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