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Definition

full and deep sounding

The candidate discussed weighty matters in rich, sonorous tones.

sonorous = (of sound:) full and deep

I prefer traditional sonorous chords to the dissonant chords with which she likes to experiment.
The silence was broken by the village crier beating his sonorous ogene.
Chinua Achebe -- Things Fall Apart

sonorous = full and deep sounding

...while the voice died in sonorous echoes between the walls.
William Faulkner -- The Sound and the Fury

sonorous = full and deep sounding

A sonorous voice said, "Welcome to Jurassic Park."
Michael Crichton -- Jurassic Park

sonorous = full and deep sounding

Gitl began reciting the Kaddish, rocking back and forth on the sleeping shelf with the sonorous words, and the prayer was like the tolling of a death bell.
Jane Yolen -- The Devils Arithmetic

sonorous = full and deep sounding

Soon Art's sonorous breathing rumbled out of sync with her frustration, and she lay wide-eyed in the dark.
Amy Tan -- The Bonesetter's Daughter

sonorous = full and deep sounding

In the morning I was awakened by the sonorous voice of my companion ringing in my ears and bidding me rise.
Melville, Herman -- Typee
"My friends," said D'Herblay, in a grave and sonorous voice, ...
Dumas, Alexandre -- The Man in the Iron Mask
The note became more rapid, more sonorous.
Pater, Walter Horatio -- The Guardian
Bhaer laughed his sonorous laugh, and Jo cried out, with a scandalized face.
Alcott, Louisa May -- Little Women
a herald chosen for his sonorous voice
Mousqueton was a Norman, whose pacific name of Boniface his master had changed into the infinitely more sonorous name of Mousqueton.
Dumas, Alexandre -- The Three Musketeers
in a voice of sonorous complaint on the instant of his rising.
Dickens, Charles -- Bleak House
And he ended his speech with the sonorous cry of his craft.
McSpadden, J. Walker -- Robin Hood
Twelve times did the iron register of time beat on the sonorous bell-metal, summoning the ghosts to rise and walk their nightly round.
Fielding, Henry -- The History of Tom Jones, a Foundling
At this moment Diana joined in the conversation by a sonorous barking.
Verne, Jules -- Round The Moon
This rare specimen of eloquence terminated with the following sonorous phrases bubbling over with patriotism:
Verne, Jules -- Five Weeks in a Balloon
Her glance wandered from his face away toward the Gulf, whose sonorous murmur reached her like a loving but imperative entreaty.
Chopin, Kate -- The Awakening and Selected Short Stories
Mighty and sonorous was the music above our heads as the winds of the night stirred the great boughs tossing athwart the starlit sky.
Montgomery, Lucy Maud -- The Golden Road

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