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Meanings of dulcet tones in English

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Usage of dulcet tones 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
2
I heard Macgillivray's voice, and it was not pitched in dulcet tones.
Mr. Standfast
3
They must be taught to speak in other voices than the dulcet tones of peeresses.
All Roads Lead to Calvary
4
Parker was exerting his most dulcet tones, inwardly wondering what the deuce it all meant.
The Son of the Wolf
5
Mr. Snagsby, otherwise than as he finds expression through these dulcet tones, is rarely heard.
Bleak House
6
Senators hadn't heard Harris's dulcet tones for a couple of days, and they began to worry.
The Irish Times
7
I mean, I'd know your dulcet tones anywhere.
Monster republic
8
Since His Majesty's coronation, you mean? Palin shot back in dulcet tones, and Dunleavy's expression darkened.
House of Steel
9
Cutting through the comfortable sounds of chinking teacups and scrunching toast shrilled her sister's less-than- dulcet tones.
Blameless
10
They are the dulcet tones of the Candy Crush Saga man repeatedly saying "sweet!"
The Guardian
11
Then she whispered low in her dulcet tones, like the crooning coo of a cushat dove!
Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 101, July 18, 1891
12
The words were uttered in dulcet tones.
The Mark of the Beast
13
In music, Glück and Grétry, Beethoven and Boieldieu's dulcet tones have helped to fashion her musical mind.
The Story of a Summer / Or, Journal Leaves from Chappaqua
14
We now of course know that the dulcet tones of Thurl Ravenscroft are what we crave at Christmastime.
Wired
15
Show her in, replied the Duchess, whose voice was sweeter, and had assumed the dulcet tones of politeness.
At the Sign of the Cat and Racket
16
Jerry immediately recognized the dulcet tones of: "Fryer."
Complete Books of Blood
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Dulcet tones through the time
Dulcet tones across language varieties
United Kingdom
Common
United States of America
Common