On this page you'll find 7 example sentences with Sonority. Discover the meaning, synonyms such as quality or timber and how to use the word correctly in a sentence.
Sonority in a sentence
Sonority meaning
- The property of being sonorous.
- Relative loudness (of a speech sound); degree of being sonorous.
Synonyms of Sonority
Using Sonority
- The main meaning on this page is: The property of being sonorous. | Relative loudness (of a speech sound); degree of being sonorous.
- Useful related words include: plangency, quality, timber, timbre.
- In the example corpus, sonority often appears in combinations such as: the sonority.
Context around Sonority
- Average sentence length in these examples: 22.1 words
- Position in the sentence: 1 start, 4 middle, 2 end
- Sentence types: 7 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Sonority
- In this selection, "sonority" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 22.1 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, opening, specific, far, decreases and created stand out and add context to how "sonority" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include called the sonority profile citation and cluster the sonority decreases from. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "sonority" sits close to words such as aaba, aafc and aaib, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with sonority
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
Gut strings produce a sonority far different from steel, generally described as softer and sweeter. (15 words)
In England, the Kirkman and Shudi firms produced sophisticated harpsichords of great power and sonority. (15 words)
This is called the sonority profile. citation English onset and coda clusters are therefore different. (15 words)
Moreover, the combination of three different horns creates issues with sonority, because the piping shared among all three sides (that is, the lead pipe and bell) are mathematically disproportional to two or all three horn lengths. (36 words)
Some classical violin parts have notes for which the composer requests the violinist to play an open string, because of the specific sonority created by an open string. (28 words)
The widely-spaced opening sonority of Puccini’s overture provided the template for the Silver Screen when conjuring the immense distance traversed by Manifest Destiny. (25 words)
Example sentences (7)
The widely-spaced opening sonority of Puccini’s overture provided the template for the Silver Screen when conjuring the immense distance traversed by Manifest Destiny.
Gut strings produce a sonority far different from steel, generally described as softer and sweeter.
If the coda consists of a consonant cluster, the sonority decreases from left to right, as in the English word help.
In England, the Kirkman and Shudi firms produced sophisticated harpsichords of great power and sonority.
Moreover, the combination of three different horns creates issues with sonority, because the piping shared among all three sides (that is, the lead pipe and bell) are mathematically disproportional to two or all three horn lengths.
Some classical violin parts have notes for which the composer requests the violinist to play an open string, because of the specific sonority created by an open string.
This is called the sonority profile. citation English onset and coda clusters are therefore different.
Common combinations with sonority
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts: