Definitions

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  • adjective Reflecting sounds so as to create multiple echoes.

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  • verb Present participle of echo.

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  • adjective (of sounds) repeating by reflection

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Examples

  • Dance went on to explain that she was a failed folksinger but had found musical redemption in the project that she and Martine Christensen operateda website called American Tunes, the name echoing Paul Simons evocative anthem to the country from the 1970s.

    Roadside Crosses Jeffery Deaver 2009

  • Dance went on to explain that she was a failed folksinger but had found musical redemption in the project that she and Martine Christensen operateda website called American Tunes, the name echoing Paul Simons evocative anthem to the country from the 1970s.

    Roadside Crosses Jeffery Deaver 2009

  • Dance went on to explain that she was a failed folksinger but had found musical redemption in the project that she and Martine Christensen operateda website called American Tunes, the name echoing Paul Simons evocative anthem to the country from the 1970s.

    Roadside Crosses Jeffery Deaver 2009

  • Dance went on to explain that she was a failed folksinger but had found musical redemption in the project that she and Martine Christensen operateda website called American Tunes, the name echoing Paul Simons evocative anthem to the country from the 1970s.

    Roadside Crosses Jeffery Deaver 2009

  • Dance went on to explain that she was a failed folksinger but had found musical redemption in the project that she and Martine Christensen operateda website called American Tunes, the name echoing Paul Simons evocative anthem to the country from the 1970s.

    Roadside Crosses Jeffery Deaver 2009

  • “Malygos …” Krasus called, the name echoing through the glittering chamber.

    THE SUNDERING RICHARD A. KNAAK 2005

  • Jane, he thought, her name echoing around in his brain—Jane, Jane, Jane.

    An Accidental Greek Wedding Carol Grace 2004

  • Jane, he thought, her name echoing around in his brain—Jane, Jane, Jane.

    An Accidental Greek Wedding Carol Grace 2004

  • Stevens shouted in response, the word echoing off the walls of the small room.

    Home Fires Dayton Ward 2003

  • Stevens shouted in response, the word echoing off the walls of the small room.

    Home Fires Dayton Ward 2003

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  • My adjectival use: 'They loved to play under the echoing bridge.'

    August 22, 2011