Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- Stentorian.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective rare Stentorian.
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- adjective
stentorian
Etymologies
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Examples
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Oh dear, Obama is starting to sound stentorious and I-told-you-sos.
Live-blogging the big debate. Ann Althouse 2008
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When Peddiwell first appears, he is stentorious in his condemnation of alcohol.
The Sultry Margarita 2008
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It is all very well for dead tree sellers to come up with their stentorious editorials but, unless they follow through, all they are producing is so much waste paper.
So much waste paper Richard 2006
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At that instant, a familiar voice—whose stentorious tone had never before sounded so welcome to my ears—boomed out:
Nevermore Harold Schechter 1999
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"Gracious noble sir," Todd said in stentorious tones, "may I be permitted to introduce my father, Rrev."
Decision at Doona McCaffrey, Anne 1969
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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.
Twentieth Century Negro Literature Or, A Cyclopedia of Thought on the Vital Topics Relating to the American Negro Daniel Wallace [Editor] Culp
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He would desert the Cercle Bougainville, but still within hail of a stentorious skipper whose coppers were dry, and with a dozen other native men and women, boys and girls, lure the fish with hooks baited with bits of salted shrimp.
Mystic Isles of the South Seas. Frederick O'Brien 1900
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And indeed, as it turned out, about ten that night the Colonel's loud and stentorious breathing began to fail slowly.
What's Bred in the Bone Grant Allen 1873
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"Are you mad?" demanded the lady in almost stentorious accents, "or is this an unmanly hoax?"
The Heritage of Dedlow Marsh and Other Tales Bret Harte 1869
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And while setting composed and in a state of calmness, a neighbor came in, and in a stentorious voice informed him that a difficulty had occurred which would cause him some trouble, and he might prepare himself for it.
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