strepitant
- a variation of strepitous.
Example Sentences
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But the irritation of the strepitant metal has jarred the Loafer's always exquisite nerves: he is fain to climb a gate and make his way towards solitude and the breezy downs.
From Pagan Papers by Grahame, Kenneth
Is it a sound, is it the thunder, the sudden thunder, strepitant, tonant?
From Rhymes of the East and Re-collected Verses by Kendall, John (AKA Dum-Dum)
Above the strepitant racket of the streets, he heard the harsh chimes of Trinity at noonday—strong jags of clangour hurled against the great sounding-boards of buildings; drifting and dying away down side alleys.
From Where the Blue Begins by Morley, Christopher
One is incisive, corrosive; Two retorts nettled, curt, crepitant; Three makes rejoinder, expansive, explosive; Four overbears them all, strident and strepitant; Five....
From The New Irish Constitution by Morgan, J. H.
