How to Use timbre in a Sentence

timbre

noun
Definition of timbrenext
  • Yet Goebel heard the words in his voice, with his timbre.
    — T. M. Luhrmann, Harper’s Magazine , 16 Feb. 2022
  • The vocal sets the stage for the emotional timbre of the film.
    — Odie Henderson, BostonGlobe.com, 17 Aug. 2023
  • The two main elements the composers used were pitch and timbre.
    — Kevin Davenport, idahostatesman, 9 July 2018
  • The whole timbre and cadence of his speech seemed to be modeled after the rhetoric of Barack Obama.
    — Michael Brendan Dougherty, National Review, 7 Feb. 2020
  • Brett’s rugged timbre displayed in Ted Lasso as Roy isn’t too far from the sweet spot.
    — Scott King, Forbes, 1 Sep. 2021
  • The gentle set of Mr. Rogers’s gaze and the calming timbre of his voice brought nostalgic tears to my eyes.
    — Taylor Antrim, Vogue, 14 June 2018
  • There’s also that timbre in his voice which calls back to how his father sounds.
    — Eric Fuller, Forbes, 31 Jan. 2022
  • The timbre of the suffrage story changed on July 14, Bastille Day, after a month of the charade.
    — Alli Hartley-Kong, Smithsonian Magazine, 26 Oct. 2020
  • Blessed with a rich, buttery smooth timbre, the Nigerian singer takes the tune to a whole new level.
    — Ineye Komonibo, refinery29.com, 17 Dec. 2021
  • The doctor assured me that the surgery only rarely changes the timbre of the voice in a perceptible way.
    — Dessa Dessa Tanya Pérez Alec K. Redfearn, New York Times, 12 June 2024
  • But optics aside, Cyrus has one of the most distinct timbres in pop music.
    — Larisha Paul, Rolling Stone, 25 Apr. 2023
  • The timbre of taps, the din of dings, silverware clangs in kitchens, door knocks, knuckle cracks, head scratches.
    — Doreen St. Félix, The New Yorker, 14 Mar. 2018
  • The tone and timbre of his voice, his attire and his countenance evoke the sermons of my childhood.
    — Caleb Gayle, New York Times, 14 Mar. 2023
  • Her timbre carried with it a sonic chiaroscuro: pure tones gleamed out of depth and shadow.
    — Alex Ross, The New Yorker, 3 Oct. 2019
  • Microtonal harmonies open doors of the tune and the timbres.
    — Mark Swed, latimes.com, 17 June 2018
  • Melody Holt - with her smarts, sass, avant-garde hairdo and speaking timbre like a pop song - is the most magnetic of the cast.
    — Matt Wake | Mwake@al.com, al, 14 Nov. 2019
  • The timbres, as they are known in Spanish, are designed to reduce fraud and trace imports.
    — Bloomberg.com, 13 Apr. 2018
  • The pungency of its timbre puts the ears on alert and on edge: no one can fall into a blissful trance at an oboe recital.
    — Alex Ross, The New Yorker, 13 Nov. 2023
  • And what of Slimane’s voice, one of the most clear and distinctive out there: How has his time away altered its timbre?
    — Vogue, 13 Aug. 2018
  • The master contains the record’s details in their purest form: the grain of a singer’s voice, the timbres of instruments, the ambience of the studio.
    — New York Times, 11 June 2019
  • It’s often said that the cello resembles the human voice — in range and in timbre.
    — Richard Sandomir, New York Times, 3 Aug. 2021
  • In many ways, the tone and timbre of impeachment are determined by the character of the moral leader of the effort in the House.
    — David Shribman, Los Angeles Times, 2 Oct. 2019
  • At the same time, Yuqi switches up her signature husky timbre for the song’s soothing melodies.
    — Jeff Benjamin, Billboard, 7 Feb. 2023
  • Martín managed the frequent shifts in tempo, timbres and volumes with a sure hand.
    — Scott Cantrell, Dallas News, 27 May 2023
  • Audible in the very timbre of his speech was a certain stoicism.
    — Gemma Sieff, Harper’s Magazine , 4 Jan. 2022
  • After a minute the timbre of the sound suddenly changed, as if some resistance had been cleared.
    — Nathaniel Rich, The New York Review of Books, 1 Dec. 2022
  • The timbre of the phone call, in audio excerpts published on the Post’s website, was in line with that Twitter exchange.
    — Laura King, Los Angeles Times, 3 Jan. 2021
  • Your timbre must sotto the way a library book smells like the mausoleum of Erato.
    — Emilia Phillips, The Atlantic, 18 Apr. 2021
  • There’s a whistling synth, almost theremin-like in timbre, that contributes to the feeling of thrilling unease.
    — Hazlitt, 2 Aug. 2023
  • The duality of their respective voices — a siren-esque timbre and a rousing roar of rasp — cover the wide expanse of Carnival energies.
    — Kyle Denis, Billboard, 3 Jan. 2024

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