stentorian
adjective
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The Greek herald Stentor was known for having a voice that came through loud and clear. In fact, in the Iliad, Homer described Stentor as a man whose voice was as loud as that of fifty men together. Stentor's powerful voice made him a natural choice for delivering announcements and proclamations to the assembled Greek army during the Trojan War, and it also made his name a byword for any person with a loud, strong voice. Both the noun stentor and the related adjective stentorian pay homage to the big-voiced warrior, and both have been making noise in English since the early 17th century.
Examples of stentorian in a Sentence
Christopher Arnott, Hartford Courant, 10 Mar. 2026
The sensation of ripping through six forward gears with the LT4’s stentorian roar echoing off a canyon wall is one of the best in motoring.
—Kyle Hyatt, Robb Report, 5 Mar. 2026
Broder was famous for always choosing his words carefully and for a stentorian delivery that commanded attention.
—Cynthia Littleton, Variety, 24 Sep. 2025
With his rumbling, stentorian voice, Woods locates unusual pockets inside of beats and deploys a dense, pictorial songwriting style that Earl Sweatshirt compared to Public Enemy’s Chuck D, both in volume and his relationship to rhythm.
—Ross Scarano, New York Times, 15 May 2025
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“Stentorian.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/stentorian. Accessed 27 Mar. 2026.
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stentorian
adjective
from StentÅr, a Greek messenger at the time of the Trojan War noted for having a very loud voice
