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  • noun Plural form of soprano.

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Examples

  • Via Nature, Resonance tuning and intelligibility in sopranos; how strategy to maximise output at high frequencies makes vowel sounds very similar - so no need to feel guilty about not being able to make out the words in opera.

    Archive 2004-01-01 Ray Girvan 2004

  • Via Nature, Resonance tuning and intelligibility in sopranos; how strategy to maximise output at high frequencies makes vowel sounds very similar - so no need to feel guilty about not being able to make out the words in opera.

    Why opera is unintelligible Ray Girvan 2004

  • Some of the songs, or himines, were religious, and they were especially beautiful, the deep basses of the men mingling with the altos and thin sopranos of the women and forming a combination of sound that irresistibly reminded one of an organ.

    Chapter 13 1913

  • Some of the songs, or himines, were religious, and they were especially beautiful, the deep basses of the men mingling with the altos and thin sopranos of the women and forming a combination of sound that irresistibly reminded one of an organ.

    Chapter 13 1911

  • The sopranos were the foremost singers of their time.

    Sixty Years of California Song Margaret Blake Alverson 1879

  • No, I am not the youngest member: one of the sopranos is a high school sophomore.

    the wool and the word trek 2010

  • But he's not black or a woman so he'll get no multi millionaire campaign donations and he supports unions so there goes his corporate sponsorship. but Obama is a great speaker! and Hillary made a HILARIOUS "sopranos" spoof!

    Quote Of The Day 2009

  • Something the "sopranos" gang guys say over a dead horse.

    CNN Transcript Dec 17, 2008 2008

  • The 2009-10 season includes the Company debuts of several renowned artists, such as sopranos Diana Damrau (Marie /

    San Francisco Sentinel 2009

  • The 2009-10 season includes the Company debuts of several renowned artists, such as sopranos Diana Damrau (Marie /

    San Francisco Sentinel 2009

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