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Meanings of dulcet in English

Pleasing to the ear.

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Usage of dulcet in English
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Colina called him in dulcet tones, and held out an inviting hand.
The Fur Bringers: A Story of the Canadian Northwest
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Prince Sovrani listened to the dulcet young voice with a strange emotion.
The Master-Christian
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Indeed, a chain of dulcet strains seems to rise from the past.
Symphonies and Their Meaning; Third Series, Modern Symphonies
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I heard Macgillivray's voice, and it was not pitched in dulcet tones.
Mr. Standfast
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His research was interrupted by a dulcet tone emanating from within the room.
The unincorporated man
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Peter heard for the first time the dulcet accents of Money.
The Purple Heights
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I wish you could hear her repeat poetry in her dulcet, touching tones.
Memories of Hawthorne
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While her lyrics are drenched in l'amour, lang's dulcet voice floats like mist.
Reuters
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The dulcet air drifted lazily in deep, silent crosstown streets.
Where the Blue Begins
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The sound is every thing, in such dulcet modulations 'specially.
The Works of Charles and Mary Lamb — Volume 6 / Letters 1821-184...
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The very dulcet whistler, out yonder, ought to make a closer study of ornithology.
Black Caesar's Clan : A Florida Mystery Story
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The Sioux language, even when spoken by a trained elocutionist, can't be anything dulcet.
Somewhere in Red Gap
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His dulcet sentiment comes out as a snarl from the depth of his guts.
Wolf hall
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It is your leadership we want; that and the inspiring strains of your dulcet horn.
The New Boy at Hilltop, and Other Stories
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On the contrary, it spent its most dulcet music in the effort to soothe him.
The Way of the Wind
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Of course, not everybody is blessed with the dulcet voices of these two exceptional men.
The Irish Times
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