voices
plural of “voice” — the distinctive quality or pitch or condition of a person's speech
An inflected form of voice · plural.
How often you will meet it
Rank 1,280 of 71,295 words measured. It occurs 14,354 times across 139,755 chapters — 0.007% of every word in the library.
What it means
noun
- the distinctive quality or pitch or condition of a person's speech A shrill voice sounded behind us
- the sound made by the vibration of vocal folds modified by the resonance of the vocal tract also: vocalization, vocalisation, vocalism, phonation, vox a singer takes good care of his voicethe giraffe cannot make any vocalizations
- a sound suggestive of a vocal utterance the noisy voice of the waterfallthe incessant voices of the artillery
- expressing in coherent verbal form also: articulation the articulation of my feelingsI gave voice to my feelings
- a means or agency by which something is expressed or communicated the voice of the lawthe Times is not the voice of New York
- something suggestive of speech in being a medium of expression the wee small voice of consciencethe voice of experience
voices in real books
Each sentence below was written by a published author and is taken from a different book in our library. Open one to read the passage it came from, with narration.
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The sound of voices below answered for her.
The Heart of the Hills · John, Jr. Fox · Chapter 1
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It was the sound of voices in the room that aroused him.
The Abandoned Room · Wadsworth Camp · Chapter 1
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John found himself mightily affected by the singing, and the absence of shrill treble voices.
The Hill: A Romance of Friendship · Horace Annesley Vachell · Chapter 1
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They are born predestined; solemn voices announce their coming, and their mothers have marvellous dreams about them.
The Dream · Émile Zola · Chapter 1
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There were good voices among the thousand odd workmen, and Johnny McLean could not well live without music.
The Courage of the Commonplace · Mary Raymond Shipman Andrews · Chapter 1