stentorious
Americanadjective
Other Word Forms
- stentoriously adverb
- unstentoriously adjective
Etymology
Origin of stentorious
Example Sentences
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Now 51, he is a strapping, stentorious charmer who has never let his spiritual calling inhibit his fun-loving ways.
From Time Magazine Archive
And indeed, as it turned out, about ten that night the Colonel's loud and stentorious breathing began to fail slowly.
From What's Bred in the Bone by Allen, Grant
Presently a large, portly-looking man, dressed like as Yorkshire farmer, came, to the bank, and in a stentorious voice ordered the captain to haul into the creek at once!
From Manuel Pereira by Adams, F. Colburn (Francis Colburn)
He saw every prospect of realizing the fond dream of his ambition when once again a call of duty to serve God's humble children came in stentorious tones.
From Twentieth Century Negro Literature Or, A Cyclopedia of Thought on the Vital Topics Relating to the American Negro by Culp, Daniel Wallace
Later, when the dance-hall became the theatre of Barkerville, James Anderson used to sing his rhymes to the stentorious shouting and loud stamping of the shirt-sleeved audience.
From The Cariboo Trail A Chronicle of the Gold-fields of British Columbia by Laut, Agnes C. (Agnes Christina)
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