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Example sentences for "voice was"

  • Just then Willie's voice was heard in the hall, and Alice admitted him into the room.

  • Ruth's voice was a little sharp, as with all persons who act in opposition to her better judgment and who resent anyone understanding them.

  • Ruth's voice was sharp, for she thought Randerson perhaps had been talking.

  • Randerson's voice was low, almost gentle, and he smiled mildly at Hagar, who blushingly returned it but immediately looked downward.

  • Jean Jacques' voice was rising in proportion as he perceived her quiet determination.

  • Father Harcourt's voice was not so clear, as he was an old man; but I heard Mr. Sheriff How presently interrupt him.

  • Old Neeld's voice was almost a bleat in his despair.

  • No voice was raised, no murmur was heard, to impugn the right of the new Lord Tristram of Blent.

  • It seemed to him long before he knew that Emilia's voice was in the air.

  • My voice was contralto, and I sang in a church in Naples from fourteen till I was eighteen.

  • At first my voice was a very light soprano, hardly yet a coloratura.

  • My voice was said to be 'glorious,' but it was a cumbersome, unwieldy organ.

  • I got plenty of clothes at home, and I paid for 'em myself," Nucky's voice was resentful.

  • Milton's voice was quiet, but his nostrils dilated.

  • But in that minute," Enoch's voice was grave, "you might fall down a mountain or out of the boat.

  • They stood clinging to each other until Frank's voice was heard in the rear of the house.

  • Frank's voice was a mixture of contempt and compassion.

  • The cessation of the speaker's voice was followed by silence.

  • Above them, from the direction of the house, the sound of a voice was heard.

  • Barrant's voice was non-committal, followed after a pause by a quick change of tone.

  • Meg's voice was horrible in Freddy's ears; it was older, shriller, cruelly defiant.

  • The saint's voice was weak, but not too weak for the super-ears of a spy.

  • The dominant note in Markel's voice was an ingratiating and unpleasant whine, and Carruthers nodded, not very cordially--and shook hands.

  • Burton's voice was shrill, then dropped to a half sob.

  • She looked at him with amazed eyes and her voice was full of amazement.

  • Salvatore's voice was close at his ear, and he knew by the sound of it that the fisherman was smiling.

  • Anstice's voice was full of pain, and Sir Richard put his hand kindly on the younger man's shoulder.

  • In Iris' voice was a womanliness which showed his story had reached the depths of her being.

  • Cheniston's voice was harsh, and he moistened his lips before he spoke.

  • The latter replied like a man stifling, but Count Karl's voice was silent.

  • I am fortified, for I know such a voice was sent to be sublime.

  • Jimmy's voice was cautious, but his eyes merry, and, glancing in the direction of the sour and snappy person watching each movement of each worker, I agreed with him that it was not well to linger.

  • In Jimmy's voice was something of terror, and his hands slipped in and out of his trousers' pockets with nervous, frightened movements.

  • The man's voice was low, and with a movement of his head his hat fell on the floor.

  • My voice was unbelieving, and at something in my face Jimmy laughed.

  • Very well," and Professor Beecher's voice was as cold and uncompromising as was his rival's.

  • Well, he did it all right," and Tom's voice was bitter.


  • The above list will hopefully provide you with a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "voice was" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this group of words.


    Some common collocations, pairs and triplets of words:
    breeding plumage; brief space; disembodied spirit; escaped convict; get there; great friend; kind heart; lock canal; mention the; nor does; phrase used; political questions; pretty thing; sandy bottom; this description; voice broke; voice cried; voice culture; voice from; voice full; voice production; voice said; voice spoke; voice trembled; voice was; will venture