18 August 2018

stentorian

[sten-tawr-ee-uh n, -tohr-]

adjective

1. very loud or powerful in sound:
a stentorian voice.

Origin of stentorian

1595-1605, First recorded in 1595-1605; Stentor + -ian

Related forms

stentorianly, adverb
unstentorian, adjective

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Examples from the Web for stentorian

Contemporary Examples

I mean, you know, obviously one sounds terribly sort of stentorian and, you know, I mean… Ultimately, it is what it is, right?
Hanging Out with Ian McEwan: Full Transcript
The Daily Beast Video
April 14, 2010

Historical Examples

The tone in which this was spoken was harsh and stentorian, and almost made me bounce.
The Room in the Dragon Volant
J. Sheridan LeFanu

Without waiting for an answer, he commenced, in stentorian tones.
The Room in the Dragon Volant
J. Sheridan LeFanu

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On this day

18 August – Vietnam Veterans’ Day. The day was originally Long Tan Day, which commemorated the anniversary of the Australian Army’s victory in the Battle of Long Tan during the Vietnam War on this day in 1966. During the battle, 108 Australian and New Zealand soldiers fought against 2,000 North Vietnamese and Viet-Cong troops. Eighteen Australian and New Zealand soldiers were killed and 24 wounded, while there were hundreds of North Vietnamese and Viet-Cong deaths.

18 August 1931 – the flooded Yangtze River, China, peaks in what becomes the worst natural disaster of the 20th century, killing up to 3.7 million people.

18 August 1948 – Australia’s greatest cricketer, Sir Donald Bradman, plays his last game of test cricket. It was played at the Oval in Britain against the English cricket team. Bradman was bowled for a duck, which left him 4 runs short of a career average of 100 runs. Bradman’s first test was in 1928. Over his 20 year test career, he played 52 tests, scored 6,996 runs, with a top score of 334 and an average of 99.94. Throughout his first-grade career, he played 234 games, scored 28,067 runs, with a top score of 452 not out and an average of 95.14.