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Yet for all of the actor’s efforts, the film around him does not match his mellifluousness.

From New York Times • Apr. 27, 2023

Williams taps the ‘90s R&B she grew up on, brushing piano beats with her soulful mellifluousness on tracks like “Hole in the Ground” and “Dandelion.”

From Seattle Times • Dec. 13, 2018

The dazzling Olivo’s work here demonstrates her range and magnetism; Karimloo and Miles infuse a mellifluousness into everything they sing.

From Washington Post • Feb. 16, 2018

Even hits she recorded with Aaron Neville seemed studies in mellifluousness, without sharp edges.

From New York Times • Aug. 28, 2013

Mrs. Marston stood at the kitchen door in the most splendid of her caps—a pagoda of white lace—and her voice was, as she afterwards said, 'quite sharp,' its mellifluousness being very slightly reduced.

From Gone to Earth by Webb, Mary Gladys Meredith