- a variation of vocalize.
vocalise
1 Americanverb (used with or without object)
noun
Etymology
Origin of vocalise
1870–75; < French vocalise, apparently noun derivative of vocaliser to vocalize, with -ise taken as a noun suffix ( see -ise 2)
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Against Forest, the visiting fans continued to vocalise their views of the biggest sporting sanction meted out in Premier League history.
From BBC ● Dec. 2, 2023
Three female voices — Holly Sedillos, Catherine Brookman and Eliza Bagg, often employing woodwind-like vocalise — could have been pulled from a Minimalist ensemble.
From New York Times ● May 22, 2023
The gesture takes form next, in “A Weeping of Doves,” as wailing vocalise; and is subtler in “Night-Shining Clouds,” as the slowly sloping sheen of harmonics in the strings.
From New York Times ● Apr. 2, 2023
He says many politicians suffer from voice problems, but they can combat overuse by practicing breathing techniques to help them vocalise more effectively.
From BBC ● Oct. 4, 2017
This is true, whether the student sings an exercise, a vocalise, a song, or an aria.
From The Psychology of Singing A Rational Method of Voice Culture Based on a Scientific Analysis of All Systems, Ancient and Modern by David C. (David Clark) Taylor
I think probably what a lot of women felt is that it just vocalised the problem that lots of us have been saying for a long time.
From BBC ● Nov. 1, 2024
The set of vocalised coda types combined with how frequently they are used makes up a vocal repertoire and define membership in a particular clan.
From Science Daily ● May 16, 2024
"We recorded the shamanic practitioner and found that they repeatedly vocalised tones at 231 Hz, which were then amplified by the cave at its natural frequency."
From Science Daily ● Nov. 27, 2023
Same Love was performed with Mary Lambert, who describes herself as “hella gay”, and who has also vocalised her support for the yes campaign in Australia over the past week.
From The Guardian ● Oct. 1, 2017
The soprano in the centre, vocalised in her highest register, bringing out the notes with vigorous twists of her entire body, and tossing them off into the air with sharp flirts of her head.
From The Pit by Frank Norris
They arrived "bright, alert and responsive" and quickly began "vocalising to the females on the other side of the gate", he says.
From BBC ● Oct. 17, 2026
The Atlantic dataset comprised two different clans and had rich annotations of the coda types recorded, the identity of the vocalising whales and their social relations.
From Science Daily ● May 16, 2024
"In this study, we used recordings of chickens vocalising in all different scenarios from a previous experiment," Professor Henning said.
From Science Daily ● Jan. 2, 2024
Before the cast took the stage, a group of musicians and dancers playing African drums and vocalising gave a spine-tingling performance that had the crowd on their feet.
From BBC ● Jul. 24, 2022
Then he sang this song, in a low and almost toneless voice, uttering the notes rather than vocalising them.
From The Green Carnation by Robert Smythe Hichens
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