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Definition of "low-pitched" []

  • Low in tone or tonal range. (adjective)
  • Having a moderate slope: a low-pitched roof. (adjective)

American Heritage(R) Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright (c) 2011 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

Use "low-pitched" in a sentence
  • "For many people, it's surprising to hear a steady, low-pitched voice come from the 16-year-old body and 13-year-old face of McCreery."
  • "I could have picked one up and held it in my hand if I wanted, but was content to listen to their song: two single notes, low-pitched and slow."
  • "In her memoirs, Consuelo Vanderbilt Balsan mentioned her anxiety when she first moved to England, for she was expected to modulate her voice, to adopt the low-pitched, slightly muffled tones of her new English relations, and of course rid her speech of any Americanism."