Word: unisonous
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...children's lilting voices rose in unison: '"Dis long time gal me nevah see yah." Gilbert and Sullivan it was not, and the Gal the children were seeing and serenading was no ordinary dame but Elizabeth the Second, by the Grace of God of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland and of Her Other Realms and Territories Queen, Head of the Commonwealth, Defender of the Faith. At the crowded National Stadium in Kingston, Jamaica, a children's chorus a thousand strong was singing a Jamaican folk song that the Queen had requested. The occasion...
...shrines. The chilly (33°F), placid waters of the Isuzu River can be seen clearly in the moonlight by the 80 or so people on the bank who await the command of their instructor. He barks angrily, and they wade into the stream, chanting, shouting and grunting in unison, praying for spiritual renewal and purification. Then they run quietly through the streets of the village, dressed only in loincloths, their heads banded in white cloth on which the characters for "love" and "sweat" are written in black...
...script might have been called "Seven Anchormen in Search of an Author. " The network news veterans who conveyed the results of 494 mid-term races last week were sure that the nation had spoken in unison, sending a clear, concise message to the White House. But the newscasters clashed bafflingly all night about what the message was. From the three networks came an erratic and sometimes puzzling performance, more melodramatic than in past elections and less informative, though the networks now command much greater resources...
Annnh! Annnh! Annnh! These aren't the sort of bells meant for your ears Nosirree. These bells assault the sinuses, a far more vulnerable site. After 60 seconds of feeling your nasal passages clear in unison with the alarms, it comes down to a choice between leaving your room and having your vocal cords returned to A-minor...
...Said one man who survived the ordeal: "We knew what they had been doing in Shatila. We were sure our time had come." The militiamen fired into the air several times in an attempt to restore order; at one point, they also ordered the crowd to clap hands in unison to halt the wailing...