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Significats de orotund en anglès

Ostentatiously lofty in style.

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(Of sounds) full and rich.

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Examples for "round"
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The events happen all year round and take place across South Africa.
The South African
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Time for a midday round-up of the key events so far today.
The Guardian
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Each new round of North Korean nuclear tests brought threats and abuse.
Reuters
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He said training this time round was a new and different experience.
Radio NZ
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June 11: The first-round of the lower house legislative elections take place.
Reuters
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The rotund lady, for herself and the prince, replies in the negative.
Justice in the By-Ways, a Tale of Life
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Then, leaning over, he whispered in the ear of the rotund musician.
Andy the Acrobat / Or, Out with the Greatest Show on Earth
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Jolly gents of rotund aspect are scarce on the ground these days.
The Irish Times
4
A rotund figure upon horseback appears at a bend in the road.
The First Hundred Thousand: Being the Unofficial Chronicle of a ...
5
This time it took the rotund form of a preacher from Alabama.
The Story of The American Legion: The Birth of the Legion
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Ground Floor: It's all gone a bit pear-shaped for Manchester United lately.
The Irish Times
2
The Osmia is in the presence of one of these pear-shaped hollows.
Bramble-Bees and Others
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After several minutes we sculpt what appears to be a pear-shaped pinecone.
Deadly little secret
4
The Oblong Brown Radish has a pear-shaped bulb, with an elongated tap-root.
The Field and Garden Vegetables of America / Containing Full Des...
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So who do you turn to when life goes a bit pear-shaped?
The Irish Times
Ús de orotund en anglès
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Mrs. Hallam was sitting in orotund silence, but seemed in good humour.
Visionaries
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Always an orotund man, he has the Chautauqua manner indeed in this exigency.
The Art of the Moving Picture
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Obediently, the fanatic began to mouth Holy Writ in orotund.
When Egypt Went Broke: A Novel
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Perhaps the orotund soul-wamblings of Coleridge are recarnate in him, Scawfell become Mount Tom.
Shandygaff / A number of most agreeable Inquirendoes upon Life &...
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Then he turned and pointed, no longer the orotund zealot but the expectant captain now.
Chivalry: Dizain des Reines
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Use orotund expressions to obfuscate your intentions.
The ministry of pain
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My own voice, orotund sweeping and final.
Leaves of Grass
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He was orotund, a courtly gent who departed to his club just after six every editing evening.
The Guardian
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The following example requires the union of declamatory force, low pitch, slow rate, monotone, and orotund quality:-
The American Union Speaker
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The use of the orotund voice varies according to the intensity of the thought and feeling being expressed.
Talks on Talking
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I assumed an exaggerated imitation of Dromanus' most grandiloquent manner and in his orotund unctuous delivery I declaimed:
Andivius Hedulio: Adventures of a Roman Nobleman in the Days of ...
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To match a short vowel to an orotund concert note for two beats and a "hold" was impossible.
The Story of the Hymns and Tunes
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The voice came again, this time uncoupled from whatever mechanisms made it so orotund, and it seemed to falter and become human.
Iron Council
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The father of Seneca had a school of oratory where rich Roman youths were taught to mouth in orotund and gesticulate in curves.
Little Journeys to the Homes of the Great - Volume 10 / Little J...
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The effectiveness of the orotund might be somewhat reduced if the audience knew the conscious mechanical processes which went to make it up.
Love Conquers All
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Through the entire three hours, introducing the famous and the unknown with equal ease, came the mellow yet never orotund flow of Gregg's voice.
The Collected Stories of Arthur C. Clarke
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