Definitions
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective relatively low in volume; soft; -- of sound. Opposite of
loud .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- adjective very low in volume
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Examples
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I stand in a trance watching the Gnawans play their deeply hypnotic music, marked by low-toned, urgent rhythmic sintir melodies, call and response singing, hand clapping and the shaking of rattle-like cymbals called krakeb.
Richard Bangs: Why Would Anyone Bomb Jemaa El F'na Square in Marrakesh? Richard Bangs 2011
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David Schildknecht, the Austrian wine reviewer for Robert Parker's Wine Advocate, gave the Moric Alte Reben Neckenmarkt Blaufrankisch 2006 95 points and noted it's "concentrated black fruits ... smoky suggestions of machine oil and Szechuan pepper ... deep, low-toned, multi-dimensional, rolling finish"
Video: Lemberger vs. Blaufrankisch -- Members of Finger Lakes Wine Community Chime In 2009
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I stand in a trance watching the Gnawans play their deeply hypnotic music, marked by low-toned, urgent rhythmic sintir melodies, call and response singing, hand clapping and the shaking of rattle-like cymbals called krakeb.
Richard Bangs: Why Would Anyone Bomb Jemaa El F'na Square in Marrakesh? Richard Bangs 2011
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I stand in a trance watching the Gnawans play their deeply hypnotic music, marked by low-toned, urgent rhythmic sintir melodies, call and response singing, hand clapping and the shaking of rattle-like cymbals called krakeb.
Richard Bangs: Why Would Anyone Bomb Jemaa El F'na Square in Marrakesh? Richard Bangs 2011
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The low-toned rumble of metal on metal is more soothing than the high-pitched muscle of jet engines or the droning of an auto motor.
Travelogue: How I Became a “Rail Fan” Olga Bonfiglio 2010
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I stand in a trance watching the Gnawans play their deeply hypnotic music, marked by low-toned, urgent rhythmic sintir melodies, call and response singing, hand clapping and the shaking of rattle-like cymbals called krakeb.
Richard Bangs: Why Would Anyone Bomb Jemaa El F'na Square in Marrakesh? Richard Bangs 2011
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The low-toned rumble of metal on metal is more soothing than the high-pitched muscle of jet engines or the droning of an auto motor.
Archive 2010-09-01 Olga Bonfiglio 2010
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Don was growling a low-toned menacing pre-bark growl all the more scary for that.
A Small Death in the Great Glen A. D. Scott 2010
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The samples are jagged edges of guitar licks, low-toned organ lines and gangster movie monologues.
Lost tracks: Roc Marciano, "Marcberg" Sean Fennessey 2010
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The low-toned rumble of metal on metal is more soothing than the high-pitched muscle of jet engines or the droning of an auto motor.
Archive 2010-09-01 Olga Bonfiglio 2010
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