Dulcet is an English word with synonyms like pleasant or honeyed. Below you'll find 7 example sentences showing how it's used in practice.
Dulcet in a sentence
Dulcet meaning
- Sweet, especially when describing voice or tones; melodious.
- Generally pleasing; agreeable.
- Sweet to the taste.
Using Dulcet
- The main meaning on this page is: Sweet, especially when describing voice or tones; melodious. | Generally pleasing; agreeable. | Sweet to the taste.
- Useful related words include: pleasant, honeyed, mellifluous, mellisonant.
- In the example corpus, dulcet often appears in combinations such as: the dulcet, dulcet tones.
Context around Dulcet
- Average sentence length in these examples: 25.3 words
- Position in the sentence: 3 start, 1 middle, 3 end
- Sentence types: 7 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Dulcet
- In this selection, "dulcet" usually appears near the start of the sentence. The average example has 25.3 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, sweet, tones, sounds and manner stand out and add context to how "dulcet" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include a sweet dulcet harvard whisper and and the dulcet sounds of. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "dulcet" sits close to words such as aadi, aayush and abbottabad, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with dulcet
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
She has a dulcet manner and her own personal kit of interrogation tools. (13 words)
The dulcet tones of Porter Singletary, accompanied by his daughter Tiffany, was greatly enjoyed as well. (16 words)
Our plates were cleared and the dulcet sounds of Fly Me to the Moon flowed through the restaurant. (18 words)
From the way he talks about his bassoon, maybe it was a good thing it was taken from him so it could find an owner who truly appreciates the dulcet tones of a glorified duck call. (36 words)
In a sweet, dulcet Harvard whisper he implored 'Casey' to murder the umpire, and gave this cry of mass animal rage all the emphasis of a caterpillar wearing rubbers crawling on a velvet carpet. (34 words)
Like most aspiring broadcasters of his era, Mike Tirico remembers tuning into ABC every Saturday to watch Wide World of Sports, listening in rapt attention to the dulcet tones of Jim McKay. (32 words)
Example sentences (7)
Our plates were cleared and the dulcet sounds of Fly Me to the Moon flowed through the restaurant.
The dulcet tones of Porter Singletary, accompanied by his daughter Tiffany, was greatly enjoyed as well.
Like most aspiring broadcasters of his era, Mike Tirico remembers tuning into ABC every Saturday to watch Wide World of Sports, listening in rapt attention to the dulcet tones of Jim McKay.
She has a dulcet manner and her own personal kit of interrogation tools.
From the way he talks about his bassoon, maybe it was a good thing it was taken from him so it could find an owner who truly appreciates the dulcet tones of a glorified duck call.
No matter the state of the world, at least we live in a time where we’re regularly blessed with full albums that center Syd’s dulcet pipes.
In a sweet, dulcet Harvard whisper he implored 'Casey' to murder the umpire, and gave this cry of mass animal rage all the emphasis of a caterpillar wearing rubbers crawling on a velvet carpet.
Common combinations with dulcet
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts: