Sentence examples for euphony from inspiring English sources
noun
A pronunciation of letters and syllables which is pleasing to the ear.
South Korean satirists had been making use of this euphony for years; it's probably now time for them to pick a new joke.Stung by the very public failure of its recent satellite-cum-missile launch, the North may feel the need to remind everyone just how scary it can be.
"At the sight of blackbirds / Flying in a green light, / Even the bawds of euphony / Would cry out sharply".
Cacophony, the opposite of euphony, is usually produced by combinations of words that require a staccato, explosive delivery.
In this manner, the principles of equidistance and harmonic euphony are accommodated within one tonal-harmonic system.
Poems were recited in literary circles and in public, hence the importance attached to euphony, smoothness, and artistic structure.
Fauxbourdon was, therefore, an important element in the transition from the medieval emphasis on perfect consonants to the euphony that characterized the a cappella polyphony of the Humanist era.
Like a Smiths song, it elevates and celebrates the mundane through expert use of rhythm and euphony and economy.
"And to the fidelity of transposal I have sacrificed everything: elegance, euphony, clarity, good taste, modern usage, and even grammar".
As he drove through the countryside he shouted it out the window, enjoying the euphony of the words.
Her figurative language can get almost as unpredictable as her on-again, off-again euphonies and near rhymes: today-they, mania-pain, on-run-sun; "hurricane and/ether".
Pitch alterations might be desirable for the sake of euphony for example, to avoid certain diminished or augmented intervals.
