Meanings of basso profundo in English

We heard a terrible basso profundo grinding noise.

And as a finale, he would add in a basso profundo: "Only twenty pesetas!"

They were the sort of burps children make to amuse themselves -rich, resonant, basso profundo burps.

The painful memories had evolved into a cold, quizzical passacaglia, eternal notes in basso profundo and in unbreakable code.

From his appearance, you'd have expected a basso profundo with an undertone of gravel being poured down a chute.

There were to be several light opera and stage beauties there also, a basso profundo to sing, writers, artists, poets.

The classical genre is full of strong basses, but one of the greatest must surely be Russian basso profundo Vladimir Miller.

In his rich basso profundo as mellifluous as Richard Burton or Brian Blessed, he ended with a stirring quotation from Milton.

When he spoke, he did so with a soothing, basso profundo voice coupled with a slight accent that was difficult to place.

Mike would flog them to their feet among general laughter and they would start again, hopping clumsily to his basso profundo chant.

Sam Elliott's basso profundo narrator, topping and tailing the action and appearing enigmatically in the middle, creates a fascinating residue of unease.

The megalith's "voice" is more a basso profundo bone conduction from some great vibration than a true voice in Brawne's mind.

The film's composer Hans Zimmer told the website Vulture that the distinctive basso profundo sound arose from his desire to experiment for the film.

I wonder if there are any such beings nowadays as the great Eliphalet, with his large features and conversational basso profundo, seemed to me.

Joe Hull had a yellow beard continually fighting through his skin and a low voice which varied between basso profundo and a husky whisper.

His communicator spouted voices whose tones ranged from basso profundo to high tenor, and whose ideas of proper astrogation seemed to vary more widely still.