Sentence examples for voice clarion from inspiring English sources

1. EMELI SANDÉ "Our Version of Events" (Capitol) It's mostly the voice: clarion clear and full of judiciously doled-out power.

Though Mr. Botha boasts an enormous voice with clarion high notes, he can be a stodgy singer, which must be partly attributable to his size.

Just as authoritative as Ms. Jones's pen, however, is her singing voice, a clarion alto whose rich timbres and elongated phrasing sometimes suggest those of a cello or viola.

In 1997, Southern Living magazine described the scene at Preservation Hall: "And just when you think the old bandleader has sunk into slumber, Duke Dejan stands, leaning on that cane, his right fist raised like some senator on the stump, his voice in clarion song: 'Oh when the sun/Refuse to shine/Yes I want to be in that number/When the saints go marching innnnn!' ".

Some are new voices, some clarion calls from the past.

Pope Francis also voices a clarion call for environmental justice and the effects of climate change on the poor, and especially on the poorer countries.

Her clarion voice was slurred and quavery.

Her lone voice sounded a clarion call for racial equality.

Pretty soon, though, Mr. O'Neill's normally strong, clarion voice sounded tight and patchy.

Hakim worked the songs to crest after crest, with his clarion voice arcing above the band.

But his clarion voice and ringing delivery are that of a comic in command.