All 4 Uses of
resonate
in
Atlas Shrugged
- "Miss Taggart," said Eddie, in a resonant tone of severity, the tone of slapping the man into the manners of a drawing room he had never entered, "may I present Mr. Meigs?"†
Chpt 3.3
- "The orders which you are about to receive have come from me," she said, standing above them on the iron stairs, speaking with resonant clarity.†
Chpt 3.5 *
- She turned the corner, with deliberately resonant steps, then stopped abruptly to listen: it was hard to tell whether the abnormal tightness inside her chest was the sound of her own heartbeats, and hard to distinguish it from the sound of distant wheels and from the glassy rustle which was the East River somewhere close by; but she heard no sound of human steps behind her.†
Chpt 3.8
- The mechanic threw the switch; it lighted the red glass button and set off two sounds: one was the low, humming drone of an electric generator, the other was a peculiar beat, as regular as the ticking of a clock, but with an oddly muffled resonance.†
Chpt 3.9
Definition:
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(resonate) having reinforcing effectsThe exact meaning of resonate depends upon its context. For example:
- "The sound resonates." -- has reinforcing effects that make it sound richer
- "He has a resonate voice." -- deep and rich
- "The story resonates with me." -- evokes shared feelings or beliefs
- "It is resonant of my childhood." -- brings to mind