Use voices in a sentence
Sentences starting with voices
- Voices mingled, there was light laughter, little bursts of admiration, then lower tones, and then he was roused by a voice calling. [11]
- Voices called blessings on him from dark doorways, lips blanching in death commended him to Allah, and now and then a shrill call told of a fighter who had been laid low, but who had a spirit still unbeaten. [11]
- Voices caught her ear, and two figures appeared in the distance. [9]
- Voices from the banks of the river behind called to her-- hilarious, approving, agitated voices of her Indian friends, and of Osterhaut and Jowett, those wild spectators of her adventure: but they were not wholly real. [11]
- Voices were now audible in the vestibule, but they sounded neither noisy nor threatening; yet Rahel shrieked in despair as a lansquenet, fully armed, entered the workshop with the armorer. [10]
Sentences ending with voices
- Even as I wondered, voices rose in a song, English voices, soldier voices. [9]
- In the bow window jutting out into the street, where the old grandmother sat in her armchair, two green and yellow parrots on brass perches interrupted the conversation, whenever it grew louder, with the shrill screams of their ugly voices. [10]
- It was she who led the way through the hedge, who halted in the garden path at the sound of voices. [9]
- At the moment when these ambitious plans had reached the highest point of imagination, the upper half of the door beside him opened suddenly, and he heard men's voices. [11]
- I found the water some three hundred yards away, and had been resting about twenty minutes, when I heard voices. [5]
- Even Diodoros, who was not generally given to silent meditation, had his own thoughts to pursue; and so they walked on in silence till suddenly they heard a dull murmur of voices. [10]
- These monkeys in warm weather make the forests resound at morning and evening with their overwhelming voices. [1]
- It is akin to those influences a friend of mine has described, you may remember, as coming from certain voices. [6]
- Through the entrance to the restaurant Honora caught sight of the red glow of candles upon the white tables, and heard the hum of voices. [9]
- Come back early to dinner," cried several voices. [2]
Short sentences using voices
- Now came her Voices again. [5]
- Did voices speak to him? [11]
- The voices came nearer. [11]
- My Voices told me. [5]
- The voices had ceased. [9]
- She was roused by voices. [11]
- Low voices! [5]
Sentences containing voices two or more times
- But they were voices and voices only; for they who sang were as unkempt and forceless as the lonely wall which shut them in from the insistent soul of the desert. [11]
- Yet I have seen hanging in those plains cities all blue and red with millions of lights showing, and voices, voices everywhere, like the singing of soft masses. [11]
- The same experiment might be tried at a dinner-party, namely, to ascertain if the total hum of low voices in the natural key would not be less for the individual voice to overcome than the total scream of all the voices raised to a shriek. [4]
- At first he heard the sound of indifferent voices, then Anna Mikhaylovna's voice alone in a long speech, then a cry, then silence, then both voices together with glad intonations, and then footsteps. [2]
- He wanted to believe in her and her mission, and that her Voices were supernatural and endowed with knowledge hidden from mortals, but how could he do this unless these Voices could prove their claim in some absolutely unassailable way? [5]
- Women's voices, shrill, and with falsetto notes, made the trees ring with it; low, bass voices gave it a kind of solemnity. [11]
More example sentences with the word voices in them
- Some believed he would march at once, others that he could not accomplish the investment before fall, others that the siege would be long, and bravely contested; but upon one thing all voices agreed: that Orleans must eventually fall, and with it France. [5]
- Once a drunken woman spat at me and cursed me; once I was fired at; and many times from dark corners I heard voices crying, "Sauvez-moi--ah, sauvez-moi, bon Dieu! [11]
- A thousand voices within warn me that I am about to do an unworthy deed and a ruinous--ruinous for myself, for thee, the kingdom and our house. [10]
- Other voices mingled with hers--lamenting, cursing, and entreating; for now the rainclouds burst, and through the window-openings poured a cold flood, chilling and wetting the drunken mob within. [10]
- The priestesses--some of whom, with garlands on their flowing hair, were already shaking the sistrum of Isis--mingled with the line of priests, their high voices blending with the deep notes of the men. [10]
- From the moment when she had seen Zminis she had expected the worst, but the cry of rage and despair from a thousand voices which now split her ear told her how far the incredible reality outdid her most horrible imaginings. [10]
- I could see what was passing, but could hear distinctly only the voices of the men. [10]
- It is strange what an uncommonly poor lot of voices there is, even among good people. [4]
- Presently, while they were yet speaking of their departing, again there were voices without; and albeit I could scarce believe my ears I mistook not, and knew the tones for Ursula's. [10]
- Then the candles were relit and he was told that he would see the full light; the bandage was again removed and more than ten voices said together: "Sic transit gloria mundi. [2]
- The occasional voices were not given to much speaking--you simply heard a gentle ejaculation of "Ow! [5]
- But Dion's ears were keen, and he fancied he heard subdued voices on the other side of the dwelling. [10]
- Snatches of song were heard, and voices of men who had had a full meal and had "taken observations"--as looking through the bottom of a glass of liquor was called by people with naval spirit--were mixed in careless carousal. [11]
- Several approving voices were heard in the crowd. [2]
- A thousand fires were burning, and there were no sounds save the murmuring voices of myriads of men, and the stamp of hoofs where the Cavalry and Mounted Infantry horses were picketed. [11]
- For a whole week after her instalment Honora was in a continual state of excitement and anticipation, and the sound of wheels and voices on the highroad beyond the hedge sent her peeping to her curtains a dozen times a day. [9]
- He has a way of letting it rise as his sentence goes on, or when he is opposed in argument, or wishes to mount above other voices in the conversation, until it dominates everything. [4]
- Look on the waves: their stormy voices teach That not on earth may toil and struggle cease. [6]
- All about me was talk and laughter, glasses ringing, voices uplifted in set speeches, and many a shout of gratulation. [10]
- At last Barbara was free, but before, still vexed by the detention, she could set out for Fran Lerch's, she heard loud voices upon the stairs. [10]
- Presently, however, I was aroused by voices at the foot of the rock, and peering over the edge I discovered a kind of sewing-circle gathered there. [9]
- How long we waited I know not, but at length we heard their voices raised, and without more ado Madame la Vicomtesse, beckoning me, passed quickly through the gap in the hedge and went towards them. [9]
- Sometimes, in low voices, we talked of our future; but often, when the wind blew and the deck rocked and the sun flashed upon the waters, a silence would fall between us that needed no word to interpret. [9]
- The sound of voices, the tramping feet, the horses' hoofs moving in mud, the crackling of wood fires near and afar, merged into one tremulous rumble. [2]
- There were some voices, however, which he could hear more distinctly than others, and Lord Windlehurst's was one of them--clear, well-modulated, and penetrating. [11]
- There were other voices, but it was only hers that he heard. [11]
- The medley of voices within ceased; there were sounds of rattling papers, and of closing of folding doors. [9]
- These are the voices which struck the key-note of my conceptions as to what the sounds we are to hear in heaven will be, if we shall enter through one of the twelve gates of pearl. [6]
- A drone of voices was audible through the closed window. [2]
- The roar of voices subsided--he waited for it--and silence was broken only by the crackle of the burning building, the tramp of Montcalm's soldiers in Mountain Street, and the tolling of the cathedral bell. [11]
- Yet there the voices sounded, one sharp and peevish with anger, the other low and rough. [11]
- I have hear voices round me in the woods, and I run and run and run from them, and not leave them behind. [11]
- Sunday morning her Voices or some instinct gave her a warning, and she sent Dunois to Blois to take command of the army and hurry it to Orleans. [5]
- Now they were voices of warning and taunting; and instead of going rapidly the train seemed to crawl at a snail's pace. [5]
- He heard the voices of Sir William and his uncle. [11]
- Here the young voices not only extolled the warlike deeds of the brave Prussians, but recited with equal fervor all the songs with which true patriotism has inspired German poets. [10]
- Do the spirit voices give thee that counsel? [11]
- After unusually loud voices exclaiming and questioning had reached her from the entry, the door of her chamber suddenly opened and old Martsche looked in. [10]
- Twenty or thirty voices cried out: "What is it? [5]
- For a while voices came up to him from the street, but at length the groups dispersed, one by one; and a distant clock boomed out eleven solemn strokes. [9]
- Laughter and soft voices came from the galleries. [9]
- Immediately a thousand voices burst forth to cheer him on. [10]
- Toward midnight the voices began to subside, a cock crowed, the full moon began to show from behind the lime trees, a fresh white dewy mist began to rise, and stillness reigned over the village and the house. [2]
- The number of voices as well as their power seemed to have doubled. [10]
- Miss X, Joan's Voices and Prophecies. [5]
- Beetles stridulate under various emotions, in the same manner as birds use their voices for many purposes besides singing to their mates. [1]
- Heavy soles tramped upon the pavement, and amid the voices that now mingled with those she had formerly heard, she fancied she distinguished Maria's and Barbara's. [10]
- I was searching under his shirt, wet with blood, when I became aware of voices at my side. [9]
- He did not turn his head and did not see those who, judging by the sound of hoofs and voices, had ridden up and stopped near him. [2]
- To hear the tread of the flying herds, to see no being save him, the Scarlet Hunter, to hear the voices calling in the night! [11]
- It was the tramp of a single steed, and must be a new arrival; for there were loud voices in the tents, the dogs barked, and shouts, questions, and answers came nearer and nearer with the rider. [10]
- And when the town-pipers struck up with trumpets and kettledrums, bagpipes and horns, when the far-away muttering and roll of voices swelled to a roaring outcry and an uproarious shout, when from every mouth at every window the cry rose: "They are corning! [10]
- Soon other voices took up that cry--tens, scores, hundreds of voices; all the world seemed filled with the brutal joy of it. [5]
- Answering, she called too, the viens ici of kindred things; and they came nearer and nearer and nearer, until at last their two voices were one. [11]
- One more rehearsal to-morrow, and then the two voices would have given such a performance as perhaps was never before heard within the temple walls. [10]
- The Voices have told her, I think. [5]
- Joan's Voices had told her that there was an ancient sword hidden somewhere behind the altar of St. Catherine's at Fierbois, and she sent De Metz to get it. [5]
- A thousand voices told her that she lived in his soul, as much as he did in hers, that his existence without her must be barren and imperfect. [10]
- The Voices had told her so, and told her true--true to the very day--May 30th. [5]
- His purpose was to trick her into heedless sayings that could indicate that the Voices had sometimes given her evil advice--hence that they had come from Satan, you see. [5]
- Bagration rode up to the ranks along which shots crackled now here and now there, drowning the sound of voices and the shouts of command. [2]
- He was going to some gruesome death, and monks with voices like his own voice were intoning: "Abandoned and alone. [11]
- I put this to Nick as plainly as I could, and was declaring my intention of going back to Madame Bouvet's, when the sound of voices arrested me. [9]
- He was willing to make the most he could out of what she had said: "As the Voices have told you you are going to Paradise, you feel certain that that will happen and that you will not be damned in hell. [5]
- Everything sorrowful seemed to have been banished far from this brilliant, vigorous round table, so words flowed freely and voices sounded full and strong enough. [10]
- But his wish to find her alone was not to be fulfilled; several voices reached him. [10]
- It is impossible to describe that fierce, jubilant song of the saw, which even when we were near was never shrill or shrieking: never drowning our voices, but vibrant and delightful. [11]
- It was necessary to close the doors to keep out the wandering cows and pigs, and I am bound to say that, notwithstanding the voices of the night, we slept there the sleep of peace. [4]
- From time to time the outbursts of rage and agony of despairing men, and horrible jeering laughter, drowned the voices of the flocks of birds and the roaring of the tempestuous sea. [10]
- Close beside her--this time at her right--the loud laughter of men's harsh voices echoed through the darkness. [10]
- From her (Austen thought) seemed to emanate a silent but mirthful criticism, although she continued to gaze persistently down the valley, apparently unaware of their voices. [9]
- It seems as though it were the union of voices innumerable rather than the seabreeze, which flutters the pennons and flags which wave from every house and arch, and sways the garlands hung across the street. [10]
- The voices were those of the orderlies who were packing up; one voice, probably a coachman's, was teasing Kutuzov's old cook whom Prince Andrew knew, and who was called Tit. [2]
- How sweet is this blending of all voices and all hearts in one common song of praise! [6]
- Just then two things drew the attention of all: the tailor showed returning consciousness, and there was noise of many voices outside the house and the tramping of feet below-stairs. [11]
- In the forest they were surrounded by delightful shade animated by hundreds of loud and low voices far away and close at hand. [10]
- From the monastery there came the voices of the monks: "O be joyful in the Lord, all ye lands. [11]
- And now and then, rippling among his visions and his dreams, did he hear familiar laughter and half-forgotten voices, and did he catch fitful glimpses of the friendly faces of a bygone time? [5]
- But now and then, in the stillness through which the river flowed on, murmuring and rhythmic, there rose the distant sounds of disorderly voices. [11]
- Moreover, the Voices themselves did not name the precise day. [5]
- There they grouped themselves about, in couples and threes, and mumbled in bated voices, and looked timid and homeless and forlorn. [5]
- He could see the yellow feathers of the oriole and catch the note of the whippoorwill, and from the great church near the voices of the choir came over. [11]
- His use of the word "haughty" is so fitting, and it sounds so nobly from his lips, that we could wish its employment were forbidden henceforth to voices which vulgarize it. [6]
- I drank, and the wine did not affect me, as voices got loud and louder, and glasses rang, and spurs rattled on shuffling heels, and a scabbard clanged on a chair. [11]
- A moment afterwards the voices stopped, but broke out again, quieted, then once more broke out, and presently the Seigneur issued from the door, white with anger, three strangers behind him. [11]
- The thrill of the voices shows that the love of Shelley and Mary was already upward of a fortnight old; therefore it had been born within the month of May--born while Harriet was still trying to get her poem by heart, we think. [5]
- The alarm-bell in the Tower of Pancratius rang incessantly, and more than once doors opened, voices and shots were heard. [10]
- Men stood on the street corners in the rain, reading of the capture of Camp Jackson, and of the riot, and thousands lifted up their voices to execrate the Foreign City below Market Street. [9]
- She went up the stairs, and they stood in the hall not knowing what to do, whispering in awe-struck voices. [9]
- Even in sleep the song makes itself heard, and a happy choir from the land of dreams lift up their voices about his bed. [10]
- As she passed the school-house she could hear the busy hum of voices. [12]
- She heard at the same time the voices of the sentry and of Corporal Shorter in low tones of badinage, and she frowned. [11]
- In due time the ring of metal and sepulchred voices rumbled in the ground beneath the besieged. [9]
- The second of the ravishing voices I have heard was, as I have said, that of another German woman.--I suppose I shall ruin myself by saying that such a voice could not have come from any Americanized human being. [6]
- At eight o'clock, the priests were chanting vespers to a larger congregation than many churches have on Sunday: their voices were rich and musical, and, joined with the organ notes, floated sweetly and impressively through the dim and vast interior. [4]
- She had not the permission of her Voices. [5]
- The voices of the people dropped to a hum that brought to mind the long forgotten sound of the bees swarming in the garden by the Chesapeake. [9]
- At that moment the outer door opened below, and the murmur of voices came to them. [11]
- True, Cyriax and the others had lowered their voices, for they were talking about her and the aristocratic couple on whose wedding day Kuni had stolen the rosary. [10]
- Czernowitz sat in the other room, talking to Jastro, a buzz of voices came from the hall through the thin pine panels of the door. [9]
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