flutelike

• “The western's song, on the other hand, is consistently described as flutelike or gurgling.”

  The Berkeley Daily Planet, The East Bay's Independent Newspaper

• “A soft, flutelike voice sounded gently in my ears.”

  Simon & Schuster: Brush of Darkness

• “There was a sound, a queer wailing and rising and falling of the flutelike notes that he could associate with nothing he had heard on Earth or Mars -- nor anywhere in the Solar System.”

  "The Morons" by Harl Vincent, part 2

• “Colvin's natural voice is a pure, flutelike breath.”

  Newsweek: HELLO DARKNESS MY OLD FRIEND

• “Aurora emitted a high flutelike sound that Miles knew was laughter.”

  365 tomorrows » 2006 » April : A New Free Flash Fiction SciFi Story Every Day

• “He likens curaçao to the "piercing, velvety note" of the clarinet; crème de menthe is flutelike, "at once sweet and tart, soft and shrill.”

  The Wall Street Journal: Do They Taste of Trumpets?

• “Sometimes it sounded flutelike, sometimes like birdsong, sometimes like a theremin.”

  Sounds

• “The parade was made up of groups of dancers wearing rainbow colors doing traditional dances, bands playing flutelike instruments and leather skin drums, and colorful, giant animals made out of paper.”

  Simon & Schuster: The Rivers of Zadaa

• “From the walls came now a faint sound of gongs, of drums, of shrill, flutelike pipings.”

  The Metal Monster

• “One auspicious day of the month, when the Regent and some other senior lamas such as Trijang Rinpochay who became my junior tutor were receiving teaching from him, there was a ritual performance that involved two flutelike instruments.”

  Simon & Schuster: Mind Of Clear Light

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