SONOROUS in a Sentence

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Mousqueton was a Norman, whose pacific name of Boniface his master had changed into the infinitely more sonorous name of Mousqueton.

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 Meanings and Examples of SONOROUS
Definition Example Sentence Classic Sentence
sonorous
 a.  having or producing full, loud, or deep sound; impressive in style of speech; easy to feel
Classic Sentence:
1  His firm, sonorous, and unexpected voice made every one start.
The Count of Monte Cristo By Alexandre Dumas
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 29. The House of Morrel & Son.
2  Some few words passed between them in that sonorous language in which Homer makes his gods converse.
The Count of Monte Cristo By Alexandre Dumas
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 45. The Rain of Blood.
3  This was said in excellent Tuscan, and with that soft Roman accent which makes the language of Dante as sonorous as that of Homer.
The Count of Monte Cristo By Alexandre Dumas
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 77. Haidee.
4  Haidee looked up abruptly, as if the sonorous tones of Monte Cristo's voice had awakened her from a dream; and she resumed her narrative.
The Count of Monte Cristo By Alexandre Dumas
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 77. Haidee.
5  This sound, faint at first, then precise, then heavy and sonorous, approached slowly, without halt, without intermission, with a tranquil and terrible continuity.
Les Misérables 4 By Victor Hugo
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 14: CHAPTER I—THE FLAG: ACT FIRST
6  The words which characterize it in administrative language are sonorous and dignified.
Les Misérables 5 By Victor Hugo
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 2: CHAPTER V—PRESENT PROGRESS
7  Mousqueton was a Norman, whose pacific name of Boniface his master had changed into the infinitely more sonorous name of Mousqueton.
The Three Musketeers By Alexandre Dumas
Context  Highlight   In 7 THE INTERIOR* OF THE MUSKETEERS
8  In fact, at the end of a few minutes the belfry of St. Cloud let fall slowly ten strokes from its sonorous jaws.
The Three Musketeers By Alexandre Dumas
Context  Highlight   In 24 THE PAVILION
9  Sometimes the chords were sonorous and melancholy.
A Study In Scarlet By Arthur Conan Doyle
Context  Highlight   In PART I: CHAPTER II. THE SCIENCE OF DEDUCTION
10  I could see that the unfortunate doctor was in the last stage of indecision, from which he was rescued by the deep, sonorous voice of the red-bearded Duke, which boomed out like a dinner-gong.
The Return of Sherlock Holmes By Arthur Conan Doyle
Context  Highlight   In V. THE ADVENTURE OF THE PRIORY SCHOOL
11  Her glance wandered from his face away toward the Gulf, whose sonorous murmur reached her like a loving but imperative entreaty.
The Awakening By Kate Chopin
Context  Highlight   In V
12  Ignatius Gallaher slapped his friend sonorously on the back.
Dubliners By James Joyce
Context  Highlight   In A LITTLE CLOUD
Example Sentence:
1  Distinguishable above all, though not loud, was the sonorous voice of the master of Thornfield Hall, welcoming his fair and gallant guests under its roof.
2  We witnessed Professor Obama explaining the intricacies of the policy options in sonorous tones.