How to Use melodious in a Sentence

melodious

adjective
  • The changes sound minor, but the W-16 is now more melodious.
    Tony Quiroga, Car and Driver, 17 Mar. 2022
  • That doesn't mean fans of Jaguar's melodious, throaty V8 engine are out of luck.
    Morgan Korn, ABC News, 6 June 2021
  • As her melodious voice carried through the room, Colin reached over and stroked Kennedy’s cheek.
    Duaa Eldeib, ProPublica, 27 Dec. 2022
  • Some of the poets sang their verses like melodious songs.
    Mujib Mashal Saumya Khandelwal, New York Times, 18 Dec. 2022
  • For our shared symphony of success is the most melodious tune of all.
    Chris Schembra, Rolling Stone, 27 Sep. 2023
  • Standing at the edge, the three clergymen intoned a dirge, in a low, melodious chant.
    Luke Mogelson, The New Yorker, 2 May 2022
  • At a time when most jazz singers had deep, husky voices, Olay offered a melodious, high-pitched sound.
    Mike Barnes, Billboard, 13 Sep. 2021
  • For more than 50 years, the melodious tones of handbells have echoed from the sanctuary at First Baptist Church in Mooresville.
    Marty Price, charlotteobserver, 22 May 2017
  • This is its own kind of triumph in an EV, where the lack of a melodious engine can magnify wind and road noise.
    Annie White, Car and Driver, 15 Dec. 2020
  • But the melodious tones that graced the airways for over 30 years sound a bit different today.
    Sandee Lamotte, CNN, 15 June 2018
  • The soulful, melodious voice and effortless dance moves of Teyana Taylor had us all in a trance.
    Kerane Marcellus, Essence, 29 Aug. 2023
  • Singing along The most unique characteristic of the New Guinea singing dog is their singing, which sounds like a melodious howl.
    Kelly Wilkinson, Indianapolis Star, 27 Aug. 2019
  • When one of these males impressed a female with his melodious bravado, the two got frisky in a soggy ditch along the roadside.
    Raleigh McElvery, Smithsonian Magazine, 8 Sep. 2021
  • The melodious sounds are a vast improvement over the standard beeps, bings, and bongs in most vehicles.
    Anne Quito, Quartz, 10 Aug. 2019
  • The melodious voice sounds like a Broadway star, and there are plenty of other clues in the costume that point to our prediction.
    Blake Bakkila, Good Housekeeping, 25 Sep. 2019
  • Rev your way through first, second, and third and its melodious, wicked baritone is unleashed.
    Kevin Sintumuang, Esquire, 21 Sep. 2017
  • Once the engine reaches 3000 rpm or so, the four-banger's machinations are less than melodious.
    Joe Lorio, Car and Driver, 24 Mar. 2023
  • Despite the tracks melodious sound, Boogie still is able to squeeze in some braggadocio bars in the quick, barely-three-minute track.
    Mackenzie Cummings-Grady, Billboard, 20 Mar. 2018
  • Giveon’s baritone vocals set the tone for the melodious R&B track and getting the audience members on their feet.
    Thania Garcia, Variety, 3 Apr. 2022
  • Her voice—low, melodious—was at odds with her body language: skittish, almost ill at ease.
    Katy Waldman, The New Yorker, 30 Dec. 2019
  • In fact, coral reefs generate a constant stream of melodious tunes.
    Ellie Shechet, Popular Science, 26 Feb. 2021
  • The camera focuses on a bobbing flower or berry over the sound of a melodious songbird.
    Washington Post, 7 Apr. 2021
  • When quirkily melodious new wave tried to make punk cute, the Bowery gobbled it all up and puked up atonal filth-art no wave.
    Jonathan Rowe, Spin, 11 Aug. 2023
  • There was no beauty, no grace, or for that matter no melodious music.
    Los Angeles Times, 17 Feb. 2022
  • Dave McQueen, a radio newsman with a melodious voice, dies at 78.
    Kellie Hwang, San Francisco Chronicle, 3 Sep. 2021
  • The melodious chirps of a Skype call ring throughout a downtown Boulder office promptly at 11 p.m., and Xenia’s class of two girls and three boys pops onto the screen.
    Elizabeth Hernandez, The Denver Post, 24 Apr. 2017
  • For that matter, does anyone have a richer, more melodious voice?
    Mark Feeney, BostonGlobe.com, 26 Oct. 2022
  • Dulcet, melodious, and tuneful are just three of the adjectives that will never be applied to the GT’s soundtrack.
    Greg Pajo, Car and Driver, 22 Jan. 2018
  • Mary hollered over her shoulder, in a melodious, oh-so-Tennessee accent, warm with years.
    Colin Warren-Hicks The Virginian-Pilot (tns), al, 5 Feb. 2023
  • Varying not only the line but also the volume of your calls enhances their melodious effects.
    Michael Hanback, Outdoor Life, 20 Apr. 2020

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