Examples of “sonorous” in a Sentence

adj Able to produce a deep, rich sound.

• The highlight of the hike was the sonorous cave, which produced a ringing echo from the hiker’s shouts.

adj Having a full, rich quality, especially in speech or poetry.

• He was selected to give the opening speech thanks to his imposing, sonorous voice.

adj (phonetics) Made with the mouth fairly open and little blocking of the airflow.

• Vowels are more sonorous (acoustically powerful) than consonants, and so we perceive them as louder and lasting longer. — Michael Dobrovolsky, Phonetics: The Sounds of Language (2001)