1
as in loud
marked by a high volume of sound
a sonorous waterfall that can be heard from a considerable distance
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as in ringing
marked by conspicuously full and rich sounds or tones
a baritone with a particularly sonorous voice
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Recent Examples of sonorous
Ditto the auxiliary singers, particularly Greene, who paired a deep, sonorous bass range with enthusiastic dance moves that underlined the across-the-board camaraderie.
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Bob Gendron, Chicago Tribune, 20 July 2025
The band sounds locked in, especially after the first few numbers, the songs crisp and sonorous in the cavernous space.
—Paula Mejía, Vulture, 5 July 2025
On Pressing Onward, Freedia is creating her own religious experience of sorts — one that marries the powerful peaks and sonorous valleys of gospel with the irrepressible, relentless energy of bounce.
—Joe Lynch, Billboard, 23 June 2025
With his chiseled jaw, sonorous voice and bodybuilder’s frame, Lagree could be the love child of Arnold Schwarzenegger and Fabio Lanzoni.
—Deborah Vankin, Los Angeles Times, 16 Apr. 2025
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Bob Gendron, Chicago Tribune, 20 July 2025
The band sounds locked in, especially after the first few numbers, the songs crisp and sonorous in the cavernous space.
—Paula Mejía, Vulture, 5 July 2025
On Pressing Onward, Freedia is creating her own religious experience of sorts — one that marries the powerful peaks and sonorous valleys of gospel with the irrepressible, relentless energy of bounce.
—Joe Lynch, Billboard, 23 June 2025
With his chiseled jaw, sonorous voice and bodybuilder’s frame, Lagree could be the love child of Arnold Schwarzenegger and Fabio Lanzoni.
—Deborah Vankin, Los Angeles Times, 16 Apr. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for sonorous
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And yes, because we are blessed with famous weather, whole neighborhoods and districts can risk spilling out into the sidewalks, where laughs get louder, music gets blasted and the street fashion becomes a runway.—
Elisa Wouk Almino
Editor,
Los Angeles Times,
13 Mar. 2026
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During the fight, one girl was seen being slammed to the ground, with a loud bang heard in the footage.—
Bonny Chu,
FOXNews.com,
13 Mar. 2026
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But Malema was convicted of hate speech for making threats last year, and his party won less than ten per cent of the national vote in the most recent South African election—hardly a ringing endorsement of his ideas.—
Boyce Upholt,
New Yorker,
14 Mar. 2026
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Eric DeCosta, the Ravens general manager, said a couple of days ago that his phone was still ringing because teams are still willing to trade with him.—
Mike Lupica,
New York Daily News,
14 Mar. 2026
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From a bungled email prematurely announcing another massive round of layoffs to scrutiny around the company’s $75 million investment in a documentary about the first lady, Amazon heads into its quarterly earnings report next week surrounded by a deafening level of outside noise.—
Annie Palmer,
CNBC,
30 Jan. 2026
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Young’s ending is greeted with a deafening round of applause.—
Matt Woosnam,
New York Times,
23 Jan. 2026
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The 27-mile round-trip climb from Idaho Springs to the peak of the fourteener formerly known as Mount Evans dates back to 1962.—
John Meyer,
Denver Post,
19 Mar. 2026
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The script unfortunately goes round and round in circles with the characters constantly repeating and contradicting themselves.—
Pam Kragen,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
18 Mar. 2026
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There’s a lot to enjoy in the immediate vicinity, but the L, J, and G trains will quickly transport you to even more vibrant dining destinations.—
Wilder Davies,
Bon Appetit Magazine,
14 Mar. 2026
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This fresh and vibrant salad is delicious warm or cold, as a nutritious lunch or shared at a gathering, said Madeleine Olivia.—
The Week UK,
TheWeek,
14 Mar. 2026
Adjective
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Conventional atomic clocks rely on microwave cavity resonance, in which microwaves interact with atoms in a resonant chamber to produce a stable frequency.—
Jijo Malayil,
Interesting Engineering,
19 Mar. 2026
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That’s part of what makes the genre so resonant.—
Alison Foreman,
IndieWire,
17 Mar. 2026
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Much of it was lost to the audience, since reverberant amplification gave heroic heft to Blanchett’s voice at the cost of intelligibility.—
Classical Music Critic,
Los Angeles Times,
19 Feb. 2026
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Flashing lights and reverberant noises may send pets into a frenzy over the holiday.—
Logan Holland,
People.com,
4 July 2025
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But that 34-day war only further enhanced Hezbollah’s position in Lebanon as a powerful armed militia, operating outside of government reach while at the same time — particularly since 2008 – actually being part of the government and having effective control over it.—
Asher Kaufman,
The Conversation,
20 Mar. 2026
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And what works for this writer are powerful hits of nostalgia, preferably from childhood, preferably in relation to football, preferably, and more specifically, to the aesthetics of football.—
Nick Miller,
New York Times,
20 Mar. 2026
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“Sonorous.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/sonorous. Accessed 21 Mar. 2026.
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