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Synonyms for echoing


Grammar : Verb
Spell : ek-oh
Phonetic Transcription : ˈɛk oʊ

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Définition of echoing

Origin :
  • mid-14c., from Latin echo, from Greek echo, personified as a mountain nymph, from or related to ekhe "sound," ekhein "to resound," from PIE root *swagh- "to resound" (cf. Sanskrit vagnuh "sound," Latin vagire "to cry," Old English swogan "to resound"). Related: Echoes.
  • verb repeat, copy
Example sentences :
  • In the echoing enclosure of the forest walls the noise was prodigious.
  • Extract from : « The Leopard Woman » by Stewart Edward White
  • Down the echoing corridors he paced, brow furrowed in thought.
  • Extract from : « Join Our Gang? » by Sterling E. Lanier
  • He was echoing Smithy's questions and finding no ready answers.
  • Extract from : « Two Thousand Miles Below » by Charles Willard Diffin
  • Long corridors, echoing with noise, led away from each landing.
  • Extract from : « L'Assommoir » by Emile Zola
  • With the volume on full his voice rolled like thunder from the echoing walls.
  • Extract from : « The Velvet Glove » by Harry Harrison
  • To the clash of their meeting came an echoing clash from beyond the table.
  • Extract from : « The Tavern Knight » by Rafael Sabatini
  • For the last time, that little room was echoing with his voice.
  • Extract from : « The Dominant Strain » by Anna Chapin Ray
  • He whirled at the sound of footsteps, echoing stridently on the stone floor.
  • Extract from : « Dream Town » by Henry Slesar
  • It seemed to them they were talking in a dark and echoing vault.
  • Extract from : « Typhoon » by Joseph Conrad
  • "No, sir," said she, echoing half unconsciously his opinion.
  • Extract from : « The Martins Of Cro' Martin, Vol. I (of II) » by Charles James Lever

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