sonority
noun
the condition or quality of being resonant or sonorous.
sonorities
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pluralof sonority.plural
The grammatical form denoting more than one person, place, thing, or idea.
Example Sentences
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Isolated finger gestures, sometimes reaching upward, added telling small details to Mr. Morris’s choreographic momentum, which kept a heady pace with the composer’s insistently pounding, punchy sonorities.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 27, 2026
These consisted of a Rameau/Handel program, studies in luxuriant sonorities.
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 1, 2025
But “Max Brown” is jazz that has imported and metabolized the sonorities and techniques of hip-hop.
From New York Times ● Jul. 5, 2023
Ensemble sonorities in the winds and brasses were clean, if not pristine or particularly atmospheric — though Judith LeClair, the orchestra’s principal bassoon, brought gorgeously buttery foreboding to her important solo.
From New York Times ● Jan. 7, 2022
If we could listen to them all at once, fully orchestrated, in their immense ensemble, we might become aware of the counterpoint, the balance of tones and timbres and harmonics, the sonorities.
From "The Lives of a Cell" by Lewis Thomas
