All 6 Uses
resonate
in
Gone with the Wind
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- She would never forget the leap of her heart as she heard it, as if for the first time, drawling, resonant, musical.†
Chpt 1.2 *
- His voice was oddly pleasant to the ear, the well-modulated voice of a gentleman, resonant and overlaid with the flat slow drawl of the Charlestonian.†
Chpt 2.9
- It was resonant, deeper, and his words fell swiftly as though hurried with some inner urgency.†
Chpt 2.15
- While his low resonant voice went on, desolate, with a feeling she could not understand, Scarlett clutched at words here and there, trying to make sense of them.†
Chpt 4.31
- Ashley began to read the prayers and all heads bowed as his resonant, beautifully modulated voice rolled out the brief and dignified words.†
Chpt 4.40
- She wondered incuriously who it was and, when a man's voice, resonant and drawling, rose above Pitty's funereal whispering, she knew.†
Chpt 4.47
Definitions:
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(1)
(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
- (2) (meaning too rare to warrant focus)