Sentence examples for voice slid from inspiring English sources
Mr. Russell's voice slid up a half-octave.
His voice slid into a lilting whisper as he sketched the scene.
The result had to be gratifying for NBC, which had watched as "The Voice" slid in the ratings the past several weeks.
His narrative voice slides frequently into portentousness.
Her voice sliding easily through the "l"s, to the waiting, hopeful "o".
"Quick, before they turn into Disneyland, Mr. Professor, please," he says, his voice sliding into a W. C. Fields twang.
When he talks, he hits his syllables hard and quick, his voice sliding from a near whisper to a head-snapping hurl.
Ms. Mirren limns a staggeringly wide spectrum of emotions with her body and voice, sliding instantly from the ecstasy of anticipated consummation to the most blistering self-contempt.
Most of the work goes to the other female cast member, Karen Vesper, whose voice slides awkwardly between something operatic and something conversational, frequently sliding off key in the bargain.
The sound of an instrument or a voice sliding from one note to another has an ambiguous effect: depending on the context, it can suggest jazzy liberation, wartime destruction, otherworldly realms, or primitive rituals.
Professor Dawkins's voice slides playfully into High David Attenborough style as he mimics the mellifluous tone of BBC documentaries of the time: "The dung beetle is the refuse collector of the natural system, and where would we be without them?
