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Meanings of stentorian in English

Used of the voice.

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Examples for "booming"
Examples for "booming"
1
A booming economy, job growth, returning migrants: the good times are back.
The Irish Times
2
Its new entrepreneurs need the booming border trade and China's investment money.
Reuters
3
Indeed, telecoms company Telstra Corp Ltd said the Australian economy was booming.
Reuters
4
In the late 19th century all the arts in Europe were booming.
The Guardian
5
The city hopes to benefit from a booming market that India dominates.
Reuters
Usage of stentorian in English
1
Before Danstor could answer, a stentorian voice came from inside the house.
The Collected Stories of Arthur C. Clarke
2
Suddenly from the body of the court is heard a stentorian voice:-
The "Wearing of the Green," or The Prosecuted Funeral Procession
3
Suddenly, across the wearying talk from the stage, came the stentorian whisper-
The Second Thoughts of an Idle Fellow
4
Hoke didn't want to, but there was no denying that stentorian tone.
Depraved
5
A stentorian voice slashed in sharply, and Craig's speech was cut off.
Joan of Arc of the North Woods
6
We heard Aaron Kallaberger's stentorian tones as we clattered around the bend.
The Soldier of the Valley
7
But, sharp as a crack of thunder, a stentorian voice called out:-
A Knight of the Nets
8
Who killed the rustler? Naab's stentorian voice rolled over the listening multitude.
The Heritage of the Desert: A Novel
9
This speech was answered with stentorian cheers of Huzza for the Queen!
Five Weeks in a Balloon / Or, Journeys and Discoveries in Africa...
10
Then the gleeful yipping of Tommy's Ashe's retriever, and Tommy's stentorian encouragement:
Burned Bridges
11
One of them will anon be plucked aside, with a stentorian 'Silence!'
Yet Again
12
Some one in the big tent was making an announcement in stentorian tones.
The Rose in the Ring
13
The priest in a stentorian voice calls out to the girl:-
Across Coveted Lands; or, a Journey from Flushing (Holland) to C...
14
The priest repeats his question in a yet more stentorian voice.
Across Coveted Lands; or, a Journey from Flushing (Holland) to C...
15
A small package reached the platform simultaneously with the stentorian command:
The Beautiful and Damned
16
The call was repeated in the loudest of Hurliguerly's stentorian tones.
An Antarctic Mystery
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