fluty
Americanadjective
Etymology
Origin of fluty
Example Sentences
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Birdsong, a fluty soprano who bore a resemblance to Ballard — the women even had the same shoe and dress size — was professional, poised and well practiced.
From New York Times ● Jun. 29, 2023
“This silvery, fluty, bell-like sonority that seemed to be everywhere and nowhere at once.”
From Washington Post ● Jun. 2, 2020
He was a quiet man, tall and slightly stooping, with the fluty and precisely modulated voice of an Anglican clergyman.
From The Guardian ● Dec. 5, 2012
That’s probably what attracted him — ” “Nonsense,” said Megalyn Echikunwoke, who was playing Rose with a fluty British accent.
From New York Times ● Mar. 18, 2012
"I waited and waited for you," she went on, her tones suddenly resuming their old fluty pathos.
From Tess of the d'Urbervilles by Hardy, Thomas
"He does," came an answer from right at my shoulder in Pan's flutiest voice, and I turned to find him standing just behind me on the very edge of the old tilting rock.
From The Golden Bird by Chase, Edward L.
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