Here were the sharp Tuscan and the mellow Roman; the sibilation of England, the brogue of Ireland, the shibboleth of the Minories, the twang of certain American States, the guttural expectoration of Germany, the nasal emphasis of France, and even the modulated Hindoostanee, and the sonorous Spanish, all mingling.英文原著 · 《A Woman-Hater》
"The better use of notes, or sweet or shrill, By quivering string, or modulated wind; Trumpet or lyre--to their harsh bosoms chill, Admission ne'er had sought, or could not find.英文原著 · 《Anecdotes of the late Samuel Johnson》
The education of the American speaking voice is, I am sure all will agree, of immense importance. It is difficult to love, or to continue to endure, a woman who shrieks at you; a high-pitched, nasal, stringy voice is not calculated to charm. This established theatre of which we dream should teach men and women how to talk; and how splendid it would be for future generations if it should become characteristic of American men and women to speak in soft and beautifully modulated tones!英文原著 · 《Autobiographies》
As the Sicilian bull (that bellowed first
With the lament of him, and that was right,
Who with his file had modulated it)英文原著 · 《Inferno》
When now the wheel, which thou dost make eternal
Desiring thee, made me attentive to it
By harmony thou dost modulate and measure,英文原著 · 《Paradiso》
"To my intense surprise and delight the words rolled forth beautifully clear, resonant, exquisitely modulated, full of power, expression, and long-repressed emotion.英文原著 · 《Roads of Destiny》