" he crooned, his morose voice scooping from low notes to almost screeching high ones.
Over the opening credits, before the audience has so much as laid eyes on the hero, the morose voice of Charlie (Nicolas Cage) can be heard, setting up the orgy of self-flagellation that will be the substance (such as it is) of the movie.
That thick, low, morose voice of his can make him sound dim and even a little nuts, until you register how quickly – and coherently – his thoughts are tumbling out.
The pianist Llyr Williams began the evening with "La Lugubre Gondola," whose morose vision, quiet voice and indifference to accepted rules of harmony show how far Liszt in old age had come from the florid paraphrases and rhapsodies of the past.
The voice may sound morose at times but the quality of the writing renders the pieces strangely uplifting.
This is an engaging voice: earnest without being morose; honest without being exhibitionistic; understated, humble and wise from years of trusting in questions more than in answers.
He is a serious, somewhat morose person who rarely raises his voice, who listens carefully, and who, far from being a sad sack, runs his career and his business with admirable, single-minded efficiency.
The matured voice both questions and confirms the morose celibacy of a temperamental loner dedicated to his art.
Each of the previously mentioned emotions are depicted as brightly colored characters: Joy, a cheerful, petite yellow lady; Sadness, a morose blue blob; Anger, a short, red rectangular figure with a masculine voice; Fear, a thin, tallish purple figure; and Disgust, a green slithery female character.
Even if he'd become unfamiliar — morose, silent, unable to read — he was familiar — his scent, body, posture, gestures, voice.
That voice is in fine fettle, Ry Cooder guests on the title track, and Taylor's morose version of Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas was an American hit post-September 11.
