Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- adjective Low in tone or tonal range.
- adjective Having a moderate slope.
from The Century Dictionary.
- Pitched in a low key, as a voice.
- Of a low or degraded nature: as, low-pitched desires.
- Having very little angular elevation, as a roof.
- Having a low ceiling, as a room.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective low in pitch or frequency; -- used of sounds and voices. Opposite of
high-pitched . - adjective set at a low angle or slant; having a low degree of pitch.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- adjective Of a sound, having a comparatively low
pitch .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- adjective used of sounds and voices; low in pitch or frequency
- adjective set at a low angle or slant
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Examples
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At worst I'll have to do the low-pitched sexyvoice of the slightly wounded.
Happenings yuki_onna 2010
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Tamara stepped harder on the gas and turned away from the rearview, but as she sped from the rim she heard a low-pitched groan behind her.
The Omega Theory Mark Alpert 2011
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In her memoirs, Consuelo Vanderbilt Balsan mentioned her anxiety when she first moved to England, for she was expected to modulate her voice, to adopt the low-pitched, slightly muffled tones of her new English relations, and of course rid her speech of any Americanism.
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The researchers asked 49 men and 55 women, all college-age, to assess to audio clips of vowel sounds read by nine male and nine female voices, tuned to both a high-pitched and low-pitched tone.
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The courtroom was jammed with the men of the creeks and trails, and there was an ominous note in the rumble and grumble of their low-pitched voices, which came to his ears like the growl of the sea from deep caverns.
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I could have picked one up and held it in my hand if I wanted, but was content to listen to their song: two single notes, low-pitched and slow.
The Memory Palace Mira Bartók 2011
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For many people, it's surprising to hear a steady, low-pitched voice come from the 16-year-old body and 13-year-old face of McCreery.
Reena Gupta, MD: Will Scotty McCreery's Voice Hold Out? MD Reena Gupta 2011
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For many people, it's surprising to hear a steady, low-pitched voice come from the 16-year-old body and 13-year-old face of McCreery.
Reena Gupta, MD: Will Scotty McCreery's Voice Hold Out? MD Reena Gupta 2011
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For many people, it's surprising to hear a steady, low-pitched voice come from the 16-year-old body and 13-year-old face of McCreery.
Reena Gupta, MD: Will Scotty McCreery's Voice Hold Out? MD Reena Gupta 2011
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It was a low-pitched rhythmic click, repeating once or twice a second, and growing louder.
Star Trek: Typhon Pact Paths of Disharmony Dayton Ward 2011
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