How to Use timbre in a Sentence

timbre

noun

• Yet Goebel heard the words in his voice, with his timbre.
  — T. M. Luhrmann, Harper’s Magazine , 16 Feb. 2022
• The vocal sets the stage for the emotional timbre of the film.
  — Odie Henderson, BostonGlobe.com, 17 Aug. 2023
• The meal lasts past 2:00 a.m. and takes on the timbre of a bacchanal.
  — Eric Boman, Vogue, 29 Apr. 2015
• The two main elements the composers used were pitch and timbre.
  — Kevin Davenport, idahostatesman, 9 July 2018
• The whole timbre and cadence of his speech seemed to be modeled after the rhetoric of Barack Obama.
  — Michael Brendan Dougherty, National Review, 7 Feb. 2020
• Brett’s rugged timbre displayed in Ted Lasso as Roy isn’t too far from the sweet spot.
  — Scott King, Forbes, 1 Sep. 2021
• The gentle set of Mr. Rogers’s gaze and the calming timbre of his voice brought nostalgic tears to my eyes.
  — Taylor Antrim, Vogue, 14 June 2018
• There’s also that timbre in his voice which calls back to how his father sounds.
  — Eric Fuller, Forbes, 31 Jan. 2022
• The timbre of the suffrage story changed on July 14, Bastille Day, after a month of the charade.
  — Alli Hartley-Kong, Smithsonian Magazine, 26 Oct. 2020
• Blessed with a rich, buttery smooth timbre, the Nigerian singer takes the tune to a whole new level.
  — Ineye Komonibo, refinery29.com, 17 Dec. 2021
• The doctor assured me that the surgery only rarely changes the timbre of the voice in a perceptible way.
  — Dessa Dessa Tanya Pérez Alec K. Redfearn, New York Times, 12 June 2024
• But optics aside, Cyrus has one of the most distinct timbres in pop music.
  — Larisha Paul, Rolling Stone, 25 Apr. 2023
• The timbre of taps, the din of dings, silverware clangs in kitchens, door knocks, knuckle cracks, head scratches.
  — Doreen St. Félix, The New Yorker, 14 Mar. 2018
• The tone and timbre of his voice, his attire and his countenance evoke the sermons of my childhood.
  — Caleb Gayle, New York Times, 14 Mar. 2023
• Her timbre carried with it a sonic chiaroscuro: pure tones gleamed out of depth and shadow.
  — Alex Ross, The New Yorker, 3 Oct. 2019
• But, alas, the students are not pleased about the deep timbre of the Cinnamon Prince being featured in their test.
  — Josh Duboff, Vanities, 24 May 2017
• Microtonal harmonies open doors of the tune and the timbres.
  — Mark Swed, latimes.com, 17 June 2018
• Stories about these writers take on the timbre of legend around town.
  — Chris Offutt, Town & Country, 22 Nov. 2013
• Melody Holt - with her smarts, sass, avant-garde hairdo and speaking timbre like a pop song - is the most magnetic of the cast.
  — Matt Wake | [e-mail], al, 14 Nov. 2019
• The timbres, as they are known in Spanish, are designed to reduce fraud and trace imports.
  — Bloomberg.com, 13 Apr. 2018
• The pungency of its timbre puts the ears on alert and on edge: no one can fall into a blissful trance at an oboe recital.
  — Alex Ross, The New Yorker, 13 Nov. 2023
• Placed on the 230 strings inside the piano, these objects muffle or choke the timbre of the sound produced when a key on the keyboard is pressed.
  — Rachel Hawley, Smithsonian, 27 June 2017
• And what of Slimane’s voice, one of the most clear and distinctive out there: How has his time away altered its timbre?
  — Vogue, 13 Aug. 2018
• The master contains the record’s details in their purest form: the grain of a singer’s voice, the timbres of instruments, the ambience of the studio.
  — New York Times, 11 June 2019
• It’s often said that the cello resembles the human voice — in range and in timbre.
  — Richard Sandomir, New York Times, 3 Aug. 2021
• In many ways, the tone and timbre of impeachment are determined by the character of the moral leader of the effort in the House.
  — David Shribman, Los Angeles Times, 2 Oct. 2019
• At the same time, Yuqi switches up her signature husky timbre for the song’s soothing melodies.
  — Jeff Benjamin, Billboard, 7 Feb. 2023
• Martín managed the frequent shifts in tempo, timbres and volumes with a sure hand.
  — Scott Cantrell, Dallas News, 27 May 2023
• But Biden’s early struggles with his words and the lack of timbre in his voice have instead created panic among Democrats.
  — Noah Bierman, Los Angeles Times, 28 June 2024
• The presence of Brown, an avant-garde stalwart who played with John Coltrane on Ascension, reinforces ambient music’s link to free jazz’s experiments in timbre and sound design.
  — Daniel Bromfield, SPIN, 16 July 2024

Last Updated: 5 Nov 2024