The lofty, omniscient voice that characterized Times reviews in the 19th and early- 20th centuries has by degrees been succeeded by a more personal, less institutional tone.
A socially lofty, creamy voiced giraffe hoists her companions upwards.
Mr. Mitchell also sings in a voice whose lofty elocution and frosty, slightly inhuman tone echo Mr. Bowie's as spiked with a tiny whiff of helium.
Like most web ventures, Third Voice has lofty goals.
Where once there were lofty plans, more pragmatic voices reign.
Her version of Harry Nilsson's whimsically fatalistic "Don't Forget Me" becomes a lofty expanse of choral voices and multiple pianos.
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During the 2012 election cycle, Rev. Malafaia voiced his lofty political goal to "make one Assembly of God's alderman in every city of the country" (about 5,600).
In the e-mails, energy executives, industry lawyers, state geologists and market analysts voice skepticism about lofty forecasts and question whether companies are intentionally, and even illegally, overstating the productivity of their wells and the size of their reserves.
Cummings's voice is indeed lofty and formal, commanding and almost lordly — its tone goes against the playfulness of his poems, and especially against the intimacy that Kennedy recalls about her longtime association with the words.
Critics have begun to categorize her, comparing her to Tori Amos and Fiona Apple for her skill in coaxing deep emotions from the piano, to Bjork for the unguarded quirkiness of her voice and to loftier names in jazz as well.
