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Joyce’s words rang out mellifluously at the start of the production, but as the main characters emerged from the reading, some of the musicality of the writing was lost.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 8, 2025

And of course there’s that mellifluously catchy vocal hook, reworked from Mtume’s original by the then-unknown R&B group Total.

From Slate • Oct. 18, 2018

Those who were there on Wednesday were rewarded with a lively and often lovely program around the theme “U.K. meets U.S.,” symbolic of the new relationship unfolding mellifluously onstage.

From Washington Post • Nov. 9, 2017

A Leo Bloom who sings mellifluously and mewls comically.

From New York Times • Jun. 26, 2015

The engines crooned mellifluously as McWatt throttled back to loiter and allow the rest of the planes in his flight to catch up.

From "Catch-22" by Joseph Heller