Word: stentorian
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...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...
...threatening to remonetize silver (see p. 14), by extracting teeth from the Stock Exchange bill. When Franklin Roosevelt-after a long conference with General Johnson and NRA Counsel Richberg aboard his train coming from Miami-drew into Washington's Union Station, he was surprised to hear the stentorian trumpets of the Marine Band playing "Happy Days Are Here Again" and William Woodwin's "The Franklin D. Roosevelt March," to see the smiling faces of 200 eager Representatives and 30 Senators. Hale and bronzed, he came out on the rear platform of his car to the gangway which...
Obedient to the stentorian voice of II Duce, the Italian Fascist newspapers have instituted a new typographical policy: the names of Mussolini and King Emmanuel will be printed in special type in the write-up text as well as the headlines, and what is more significant, the names of all lesser men will be rigorously, and perhaps conspicuously, omitted. The effect of these two rules naturally will be to exalt the Leader even more; and in consequence it may heighten the belief of the populace that when he passes, there will be none to replace him and things will...