How to Use baritone in a Sentence
baritone
noun- He sang in his school choir as a baritone.
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Both sounds curl around the voice of a warm baritone.
—Arati Menon, Condé Nast Traveler, 7 June 2026
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Merritt sings in a glum, flat baritone.
—New York Times, 28 Apr. 2026
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His deep baritone sends us off to dreamland in the most soothing way, every time.
—Lisa Desantis, Glamour, 8 Feb. 2023
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Colaneri had to write a vocal arrangement for two tenors, a baritone and a bass — and more.
—New York Times, 17 July 2022
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For much of their career, Berninger’s baritone summed up the band’s textures.
—James Robins, Vulture, 1 May 2023
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But once the bass-baritone posted a video of himself singing a car's praises, his sales hit a high note.
—David Morgan, CBS News, 17 Apr. 2026
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His voice is a rich baritone, like a rumble coming from deep inside a mountain.
—Roxana Hadadi, Vulture, 14 Oct. 2025
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Also, this is the first time his angry baritone surfaces on record in its full power.
—Ahmir “questlove” Thompson, VIBE.com, 7 June 2026
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Randolph had a deep, baritone voice, with a Shakespearean tone.
—John Leland, New York Times, 26 Aug. 2023
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At his finest, his scratchy, searching baritone can make the melody of a sentence carry meaning beyond its words.
—Vinson Cunningham, The New Yorker, 14 Oct. 2022
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All the while, Combs spits a few bars in a distorted baritone about his late mother’s passing.
—Mackenzie Cummings-Grady, Billboard, 17 Nov. 2025
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Josh Groban is best known for his operatic baritone, not his dancing.
—Rodney Ho, AJC.com, 15 June 2026
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The actor was deeply admired for his commanding presence and baritone voice.
—Tereza Shkurtaj, PEOPLE, 25 May 2026
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While Callahan’s baritone vocals are good and hefty, there’s a bit of undue sibilance in his voice.
—Mark Knapp, PC Magazine, 1 Apr. 2026
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Decades of smoking, drinking and pain produced a rusty baritone that could narrate its way to the very soul of a man’s regret.
—Michael O’Donnell, WSJ, 15 Oct. 2022
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There aren’t many other baritone R&B singers in the space right now besides Givēon.
—Cydney Lee, Billboard, 21 Sep. 2023
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Marchenko, who is fifty-two, with the boxy build of a linebacker and a baritone voice, was elected in 2015.
—Joshua Yaffa, The New Yorker, 30 Jan. 2023
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He's got a booming, soulful baritone — molasses-thick and syrupy sweet — that sounds studio-perfect on stage.
—Heather Bushman, IndyStar, 24 Sep. 2025
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His voice trips between tremulous Christensen and baritone Jones.
—Darren Franich, EW.com, 22 June 2022
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For a cut that’s a bit more literal, let John Legend sultry baritone lead the way.
—Natalie Maher, Harper's BAZAAR, 12 Dec. 2022
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His voice, a lullaby in a one-on-one conversation, still drops to a baritone with a shout to a player across the field.
—Luca Evans, Los Angeles Times, 15 Aug. 2022
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His baritone vocals, the acoustic rhythm guitar, the electric guitar, and the fiddle all punch through the mix well.
—Mark Knapp, PC Magazine, 30 Mar. 2026
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That was when subwoofers, to the dismay of lower baritone singers and french horn players, became audio’s cause celèbre.
—Zenger News, Forbes, 17 May 2022
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In soft, reflective tones, Niles recounts playing baritone sax and bass clarinet in high school band.
—Martin Guttridge-Hewitt, SPIN, 3 Apr. 2023
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So now, on a collection of videos, over the top of Bob’s booming baritone is a series of four-letter words.
—Zack Meisel, New York Times, 16 May 2026
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Callahan’s baritone vocals get plenty of low-mid richness and crisp high-mid detail, while the acoustic strums are bright and full.
—PCMAG, 17 Sep. 2023
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Close your eyes when Baldwin talks and his rich, honeyed Southern baritone even sounds like King.
—John Blake, CNN, 15 Jan. 2023
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My little brother Carl plays a guitar, and my older cousin has a really great baritone.
—Marina Watts, People.com, 21 Aug. 2025
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The new opera is a one-man show, with the baritone Nathan Gunn portraying a father-to-be who faces down his demons and flaws.
—Alex Ross, The New Yorker, 14 Dec. 2022
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