flutelike
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a word derived from
flute.
flutenouna musical wind instrument consisting of a tube with a series of fingerholes or keys, in which the wind is directed against a sharp edge, either directly, as in the modern transverse flute, or through a flue, as in the recorder.
Example Sentences
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Also gone is the Kaua’i ’o’o, whose haunting, flutelike mating call was last heard three decades ago.
From Washington Post ● Sep. 29, 2021
I recognize the flutelike song of the Wood Thrush, the cacophonous call of the Willet, the Black-capped Chickadee's eponymous scold.
From Scientific American ● Sep. 15, 2021
Or at least that’s how we feel when Ms. O’Hara sings, in a voice that courses from flutelike fragility to thundering affirmation and back again.
From New York Times ● Feb. 21, 2014
The rhythms and pitch of Richard’s flutelike voice are at odds with the way everyone else speaks.
From Seattle Times ● Feb. 3, 2014
The mists of the flatlands strained out whatever coarseness was left over from his bulldog heritage, and only flutelike redbone mellowness came to the listener.
From "Sounder" by William H. Armstrong
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