Stentorian

Word STENTORIAN
Character 10
Hyphenation sten to ri an
Pronunciations /stɛnˈtɔː.ɹi.ən/

Definitions and meanings of "Stentorian"

What do we mean by stentorian?

Extremely loud. adjective

Resembling the voice of Stentor (see stentor, etymology); extremely loud or powerful in sound.

Able to utter a very loud sound: as, stentorian lungs.

Of or pertaining to a stentor; extremely loud; powerful. adjective

Loud, powerful, booming, suitable for giving speeches to large crowds. adjective

Used of the voice adjective

(of a voice) Loud, powerful, booming, suitable for giving speeches to large crowds.

(by extension) Stern, authoritarian; demanding of respect.

A 6-piece heavy metal band from Bangladesh. Basically it's a clone of Aurthohin, another band from Bangladesh. The close resemblance of music is probably due to the fact that the bassists in both of the bands are actually brothers. Nonetheless, it's an amazing band and probably the only rock/metal band in Bangladesh that could bring out an album in which ALL the songs are of great quality. The album is called "Protimuhurte" which means "at every moment." Anyone who likes rock or metal music should listen to this album, even foreigners who don't understand the language. Urban Dictionary

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The word "stentorian" in example sentences

His face blazed with wrath, and he shouted in stentorian tones that echoed down the universe, "I shall deduct the cost of those cuffs from your wages!" ❋ Unknown (2010)

BURGLARY! in stentorian tones every time a cat crosses the yard. ❋ Truepenny (2008)

When I asked Zhao Yao whether his life was different now, he began in stentorian tones — “The impact of my involvement in the show has been profound” — and then started laughing and said, “I am taking the tone promoted by the show, enthusiastic and assertive!” ❋ Unknown (2007)

He then led us through a narrow, dark alley underneath a house, where I dismounted, as a lama called out in stentorian voice, ❋ Unknown (1901)

"How do you like London?" said a loud voice, in the tones that are sometimes called stentorian, and Patty suddenly realised that her host was addressing her. ❋ Carolyn Wells (1902)

When, therefore, he was exhorted to rap on the little girl's door, he gave sundry noisy, gleeful thumps, – pounding with both fists, and alternating with a rhythmical kick of the cowhide boots, calling out in stentorian tones: Come, little un, – time you 's up. ❋ Unknown (1869)

Lock the door to mom’s basement, firmly grasp your testicles, and feel them grow as you recite it out loud in stentorian tones. ❋ Unknown (2007)

"Just one moment," called a stentorian voice in the gallery. ❋ Holman Day (1900)

None of them leap off the screen or have a kind of stentorian anchor-cliché command; you have to spend some time with them to get a sense of their appeal. ❋ Unknown (2002)

So when the lights were doused Oct. 2 on the gala-opening reception for the huge multi-institutional group of exhibitions that make up "Pacific Standard Time: Art in Los Angeles 1945-1980" and a son et lumière spectacular commenced on every marbled wall of the Getty Center, it wasn't long before a stentorian voiceover pronounced, "In contrast to New York Expressionism, artists in Southern California . . ." ❋ Peter Plagens (2011)

Plucky and purposeful, Belinda Evans has mixed success with Rosina, and is inclined to overplay her dramatic hand; so is Gareth Dafydd Morris's stentorian Marquis. ❋ George Hall (2010)

In 3-D, Dolby 0.5 and 24 MP; on furious faces and hateful placards, in frustrated screams plus shallow stentorian hate mongers/hucksters/rainmakers/preying mantises up close and personal. ❋ Jane-Howard Hammerstein (2010)

John Relyea gave a satisfyingly stentorian opening to the vocal culmination, supported by attractive soloists (the light but game Montalvo, the warm mezzo Yvonne Naef and the tenor Nikolai Schukoff, light for the role but far less forced than he was this spring in the Verdi Requiem). ❋ Anne Midgette (2010)

The Narraboth, Sean Panikkar, acquitted himself beautifully, driven half-mad when Salome gets him to violate his commands, and singing well; Richard Berkeley-Steele made an ideally fatuous if half-inaudible Herod; and Doris Soffel was full of rage rather than camp as a stentorian Herodias. ❋ Anne Midgette (2010)

During the Berliners' concerts this week, for example, it has been hard to miss the imposing artistic presence of the orchestra's principal horn player, Stefan Dohr, whose range of expression, stentorian and seductive by turns, was one of the stand-out contributions to the Mahler Fourth Symphony on Monday. ❋ Unknown (2011)

At the last minute, nearly late for the ball, in prance the ugly sisters, round as boiled sweets and twice as sickly, with their spherical, stentorian mother yelling orders with all the power of a bass trombone at full volume. ❋ Unknown (2011)

Towering Finnish baritone Juha Uusitalo is suitably stentorian as the hirsute John-the-Baptist character Jochanaan. ❋ Judy Fayard (2011)

Rather than imposing and reinforcing expectations with a script, stentorian narration, re-creations and formal interviews, Leacock sought to use the camera as a discovery tool to aid his own curiosity. ❋ Bruce Bennett (2011)

Emo guy: LOOK WORLD! I'M EMO! ALL THE CHICKS IN MY SCHOOL WILL [DIG ME NOW]! HA HA HA HA..... Stentorian fan 1: That guy's making me mad. Stentorian fan 2: Let's dig his [eyeballs out] of the socket with this fork! Stentorian fan 1: Good idea! But first, let's listen to the song "Bidrohi" to get us into the mood! Stentorian fan 2: Sure dude! Stentorian [RULZ]!!! ❋ Codename 48, Aka Hell Saint (2007)

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