as in melodic
having a pleasantly flowing quality suggestive of music a rich, mellifluous voice that gets her a lot of work in radio and TV commercials

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Recent Examples of mellifluous LeVar Burton Reads Actor LeVar Burton remains famous for hosting Reading Rainbow, and his mellifluous voice is perfect for reading short stories by famous authors. Toni Fitzgerald, Forbes.com, 12 July 2025 But for all its funny parts, the show highlights Reilly’s mellifluous croon, honed from an upbringing performing musical theatre. Jason Newman, Rolling Stone, 15 June 2025 If anything, a Grande song is going to sound mellifluous, no matter its message. Steven J. Horowitz, Variety, 28 Mar. 2025 The mellifluous tenor that narrated Dodgers games for generations of Spanish-language listeners hasn’t weakened. Gustavo Arellano, Los Angeles Times, 27 Mar. 2025 See All Example Sentences for mellifluous
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Adjective
  • If Byrne’s approach recalls that of Colors, Beck’s 2017 pop turn with Greg Kurstin, the touch here is lighter, with the multicultural rhythmic and melodic surprises that always brighten Byrne’s solo work.
    Will Hermes, Rolling Stone, 4 Sep. 2025
  • A lot of it was animal sounds as opposed to melodic sounds.
    Alex Ritman, Variety, 31 Aug. 2025
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  • The original track fuses rock with hip-hop and its lyrical content is about winning big and having team pride.
    Jessica Roiz, Billboard, 28 Aug. 2025
  • Despite its tone of lyrical defiance, Hard Headed Woman has its tender moments.
    Daniel Kohn, Rolling Stone, 27 Aug. 2025
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  • The lyric change brought immediate screams inside Estadio River Plate and across the Swift world.
    Doha Madani, NBC news, 26 Aug. 2025
  • This is why Dijon’s language works best as sound, not narrative—his rangy, raspy voice seethes and triumphs, mocks and threatens; there’s no world in which his polygonal perspective can be discerned from a lyric sheet.
    Brady Brickner-Wood, New Yorker, 16 Aug. 2025

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“Mellifluous.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/mellifluous. Accessed 10 Sep. 2025.

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