He has a deep, sonorous voice. a sonorous waterfall that can be heard from a considerable distance

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Where his folk recordings felt anguished and stormy, here the vocals are sonorous and slow, merging with mellow waves and pulses. Hua Hsu, The New Yorker, "Beverly Glenn-Copeland’s Music for a Future That Never Came," 14 Sep. 2020

His voice is more sonorous than ever, somehow gaining a deeper resonance without losing an inch of his razor-sharp tenor. Jordan Runtagh, PEOPLE.com, "Rufus Wainwright Talks New Album Unfollow the Rules and Revisiting His Past," 31 July 2020

This being an audio drama, the 30-second trailer is light on visuals, focusing on McAvoy's sonorous voiceover. Jennifer Ouellette, Ars Technica, "Morpheus speaks with the voice of James McAvoy in The Sandman audio drama," 6 July 2020

Echoes of King’s sonorous voice find their way into the demands of today’s Black activists, who understand the full radical power of his ideas. Kim Kelly, The New Republic, "New Orleans’ Underpaid, Overexposed Sanitation Workers," 29 June 2020

His writer, Jon Favreau, wrote sonorous lines for Obama. TheWeek, "Secret life of an anonymous speechwriter to the stars," 17 May 2020

Acclaimed cellist John Lutterman will explore the range of the cello, from dark and sonorous to bright and expressive. Anchorage Daily News, "Jazz up your week with these events: EVAN GIIA, Chicago the Musical and the Doo Wop Project," 13 Feb. 2020

This sonorous, authoritative biography makes no empty claim to definitiveness. Benjamin Schwarz, New York Times, "Seeing Margaret Thatcher Whole," 12 Nov. 2019

About my only complaint is that the car isn't nearly as sonorous as the old RS7, but I'm told a slightly louder exhaust is planned for the US market. Jonathan M. Gitlin, Ars Technica, "The 2020 Audi RS7—our all-time favorite fastback just got even better," 24 Sep. 2019

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