Word: stentorian
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...reared himself upon his hind legs and is waving his murderous paw with a delicate and artistic grace. To be sure, Gulliver is brutally blunt at times. For example, when he suspects that he is dealing with a species of miniature greed and exploitation, he roars out a stentorian refutation of the whining little fawners' claims, and sends them quaking and tumbling before the blast. There's nothing shilly-shally about "The New Gulliver"; it takes no footnotes to give direction to his barbs...
...Capitol. In their vast new marble chamber, in their vast new marble building, the acoustics are so poor that when Mr. Justice Roberts at one end of the bench leans forward to ask a question, Mr. Justice Cardozo at the other end can hardly hear him. Even when a stentorian counsel stands nearly opposite the centre of the bench, his words sound jumbled to all the Justices, his voice all false and hollow. The fault, so far as the Bureau of Standards can discover, is too much marble. The remedy: more velvet curtains...
...time of the divulging of these facts. Daniels had a bad cold and his usual stentorian tones advertising his business were somewhat muffled, but ordinarily he is easily heard and thus attracts prospective buyers...
...loves his little luxuries (lobster Newburg, pastries, pies & cakes), but he never drinks a drop. His vestments are spats, a snap-brim hat, a walking stick. His aspect is impressive, a fine broad forehead, a jutting chin, sharp eyes, hair steely grey. His manner is positive bravado, his voice stentorian, his cigars black. His apostolic jewels are a magnificent row of decorations: from the U. S. a Silver Star (citation in orders); from France, the bronze Medal of Verdun and the cross of the Legion of Honor; the cross of the Crown of Italy, the medal of the Defenders...
...York, April 30-Max Bear, the Casanova of clout, returned to New York's from California today an announced in stentorian tones that on the night of June 14th he will, by virtue of knocking Prim Carnera loose from his mornings, become world heavyweight champion...