VOICE in a Sentence

Learn VOICE 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.

396 example sentences for VOICE, such as:

1. He paused to control his voice.
2. Ethan's voice rose indignantly.
3. He answered in a tearful voice.
4. His voice was husky with grief.
5. Her voice rose furiously with his.

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 Meanings and Examples of VOICE
Definition Example Sentence Classic Sentence
voice
 v.  express something in words
 n.  sound or sounds uttered through the mouth
Classic Sentence: (210 in 15 pages)
1  He had supposed her to be asleep, and the sound of her voice had startled him, though she was given to abrupt explosions of speech after long intervals of secretive silence.
Ethan Frome By Edith Wharton
Context  Highlight   In I
2  I kinder knew I'd want to take a ride to-night, Eady, in his triumph, tried to put a sentimental note into his bragging voice.
Ethan Frome By Edith Wharton
Context  Highlight   In II
3  His mother had been a talker in her day, but after her "trouble" the sound of her voice was seldom heard, though she had not lost the power of speech.
Ethan Frome By Edith Wharton
Context  Highlight   In IV
4  He felt that he might have "gone like his mother" if the sound of a new voice had not come to steady him.
Ethan Frome By Edith Wharton
Context  Highlight   In IV
5  "Here, give them to me," he said in a voice of sudden authority.
Ethan Frome By Edith Wharton
Context  Highlight   In IV
6  "I suppose it was Ruth and Ned," she said in a low voice, as though he had suddenly touched on something grave.
Ethan Frome By Edith Wharton
Context  Highlight   In V
7  She pronounced the word married as if her voice caressed it.
Ethan Frome By Edith Wharton
Context  Highlight   In V
8  He was struck by a new note in her voice.
Ethan Frome By Edith Wharton
Context  Highlight   In VII
9  Her voice rose furiously with his.
Ethan Frome By Edith Wharton
Context  Highlight   In VII
10  He paused to control his voice.
Ethan Frome By Edith Wharton
Context  Highlight   In VII
11  "I'd like to go over things with you first," Zeena continued in an unperturbed voice.
Ethan Frome By Edith Wharton
Context  Highlight   In VIII
12  Ethan's voice rose indignantly.
Ethan Frome By Edith Wharton
Context  Highlight   In IX
13  The answer seemed to satisfy her, or else she yielded to the power of his voice.
Ethan Frome By Edith Wharton
Context  Highlight   In IX
14  The tall woman, who had moved away from us toward the dresser, took no notice; but the other, from her cushioned niche, answered complainingly, in a high thin voice.
Ethan Frome By Edith Wharton
Context  Highlight   In IX
15  From within the house floated the soft voice of Scarlett's mother, Ellen O'Hara, as she called to the little black girl who carried her basket of keys.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitche
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER I
Example Sentence: (186 in 13 pages)
16  Give every man thy ear, but few thy voice.
17  She's got a nice husky voice - very sexy.
18  His voice was deep and mellow and his speech had a soothing and comforting quality.
19  His voice was husky with grief.
20  She has a very monotonous voice; she should have it modulated.
21  She had the slow, soft voice of a countrywoman.
22  At last,my voice feels like sniffling.
23  His voice began to falter at the mention of his sufferings in the old days.
24  Ada stiffened at the sound of his voice.
25  Her voice began to quaver and I thought she was going to cry.
26  His voice was harsh as he enunciated each word carefully.
27  His voice trailed off into silence.
28  People are put off by his strident voice.
29  He answered in a tearful voice.
30  She had a shrill high - pitched voice.