as in loud
marked by a high volume of sound
the professor's stentorian voice was enough to keep even the drowsiest student awake
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Recent Examples of stentorian
Gone is the grave, stentorian tone of Biden’s news releases.
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Ezra Klein, The Mercury News, 14 Aug. 2024
The man standing at the podium has the steady, stentorian voice of an authority figure, someone who issues orders and expects them to be heeded without question, and the look of a zealot in his eyes.
—David Fear, Rolling Stone, 2 Aug. 2024
But its structure is traditional and its bursts of emotion, from stentorian speeches to frantic embraces and fistfights, can seem over the top.
—Christopher Arnott, Hartford Courant, 28 Feb. 2024
Filmed while pregnant with her first daughter, the comedian cracks wry, filthy, and culturally specific jokes in a stentorian voice with equal shades of formidability and shrewd wit.
—Eric Farwell, EW.com, 9 Jan. 2024
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Ezra Klein, The Mercury News, 14 Aug. 2024
The man standing at the podium has the steady, stentorian voice of an authority figure, someone who issues orders and expects them to be heeded without question, and the look of a zealot in his eyes.
—David Fear, Rolling Stone, 2 Aug. 2024
But its structure is traditional and its bursts of emotion, from stentorian speeches to frantic embraces and fistfights, can seem over the top.
—Christopher Arnott, Hartford Courant, 28 Feb. 2024
Filmed while pregnant with her first daughter, the comedian cracks wry, filthy, and culturally specific jokes in a stentorian voice with equal shades of formidability and shrewd wit.
—Eric Farwell, EW.com, 9 Jan. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for stentorian
Adjective
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Meet Nashville's new crime-fighting Clydesdale Metro Nashville mounted patrol officer Michael Douglas squeezed a three-foot-long rubber chicken, producing an increasingly louder and closer screeching sound to try and provoke a 1,700-pound Clydesdale named Ross.—
Laura L. Davis,
Nashville Tennessean,
6 Oct. 2025
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At the same time, Mercury and Mars are activating your sector of expansion, meaning your inner philosopher is loud.—
Dossé-Via Trenou,
Refinery29,
5 Oct. 2025
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That was the sound of Blackwell’s game-deciding block, followed by the deafening final eruption from the stands of Allegiant Stadium.—
Dan Wiederer,
New York Times,
29 Sep. 2025
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And now that Survivor 50 has already been cast and filmed, that drumbeat is almost deafening.—
Dalton Ross,
Entertainment Weekly,
18 Sep. 2025
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But the first five innings Tuesday were a ringing endorsement for the Dodgers’ cautious approach to Ohtani’s rehab and return from a second Tommy John surgery.—
Bill Plunkett,
Oc Register,
17 Sep. 2025
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Bravo to Netflix for their ringing endorsement of biodiversity with its commitment to purchase Funga’s carbon credits.—
Erik Kobayashi-Solomon,
Forbes.com,
16 Sep. 2025
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“Stentorian.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/stentorian. Accessed 9 Oct. 2025.
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