NASAL in a Sentence

Learn NASAL from example sentences; some of them are from classic books. These examples are selected from a corpus with 300,000 sentences, including classic works and current mainstream media. Some sentences also link to their contexts.

Example sentences for NASAL, such as:

1. Mr Dedalus imitated the mincing nasal tone of the provincial.
2. Studies have shown that toxins in secondhand smoke can cause lung and nasal cancer in dogs.
3. The voice issuing from the whiskers had the same nasal twang but was kind and pleasant and his hand was firm and respectful.

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 Meanings and Examples of NASAL
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nasal
 a.  of or pertaining to the nose; sounding as if the nose were pinched
Classic Sentence:
1  The voice issuing from the whiskers had the same nasal twang but was kind and pleasant and his hand was firm and respectful.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitche
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XXXIV
2  Not even all the disadvantage of nasal intonation could prevent the effect of the naturally fine voices, in airs at once wild and spirited.
Uncle Tom's Cabin By Harriet Beecher Stowe
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER IV
3  Mr Dedalus imitated the mincing nasal tone of the provincial.
A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man By James Joyce
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 2
4  He spied on his accent and gesture, but his disappointment increased; the pronunciation was nasal and absolutely unlike the dry, shrill tone which he had expected.
Les Misérables 5 By Victor Hugo
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 9: CHAPTER IV—A BOTTLE OF INK WHICH ONLY SUCCEEDED IN WHITEN...
Example Sentence:
1  Briggs calmly took a paper from his pocket, and read out in a sort of official, nasal voice:-- "I affirm and can prove that on the 20th of October."
2  Studies have shown that toxins in secondhand smoke can cause lung and nasal cancer in dogs.