sonorous rale

[ sŏn′ər′əs, sə-nôr- ]

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A cooing or snoring sound heard on auscultation, often produced by the vibration of a projecting mass of viscid secretion in a large bronchus.

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Are you aware how often people swap around “their,” “there,” and “they’re”? Prove you have more than a fair grasp over these commonly confused words.

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Which one of these commonly confused words can act as an adverb or a pronoun?

There was Radim Palouš, the sonorous philosophical godfather of Kampademia.
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At the end, the sonorous Welles concludes with a little talk about Halloween.
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Franklin Roosevelt's addresses in 1933 and 1937 remain alive, as does the sonorous rhetoric of John F. Kennedy's address in 1961.
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The ancient cities, the dreamy harbors, the sonorous street names that no longer existed.
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In my youth, you heard, side-by-side, the church bells ringing and the beautiful, sonorous call to prayer of the muezzin.
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Her glance wandered from his face away toward the Gulf, whose sonorous murmur reached her like a loving but imperative entreaty.
The Awakening and Selected Short Stories|Kate Chopin
Pausing at the threshold before opening the door, the sonorous mumble sounding through the deal panels misled me.
The Soldier of the Valley|Nelson Lloyd
Jerry hit the instrument as he spoke and drowned his own voice in its sonorous roar.
The Floating Light of the Goodwin Sands|R.M. Ballantyne
Over me, away off, as if from the heavens, I heard a sonorous rumble of mystery words.
The Soldier of the Valley|Nelson Lloyd
I should think 'twould make a splendid subject—you could use such sonorous, resounding words.
The Sunbridge Girls at Six Star Ranch|Eleanor H. (Eleanor Hodgman) Porter