Literary notes about Clamorous (AI summary)
The term “clamorous” in literature conveys a sense of noisy insistence and turbulent energy. It is often used to depict not only the raw volume of sounds—whether the ringing of bells [1], war-pipes calling to arms [2], or the uproar of a crowd [3]—but also the emotional intensity behind these noises, such as the vehement cries for vengeance [4] or passionate demands for justice [5]. Authors employ it to capture both physical noise and the metaphorical clamor of human emotions and societal unrest, whether describing the boisterous declarations of a character [6] or the tumultuous moods of an unfolding historical drama [7]. The word, rich in auditory and emotional nuances, thus serves as a dynamic tool to heighten the atmosphere and bring scenes vividly to life.
- The bells were at once set ringing, but their clamorous tongues were well nigh silenced by (p. 231) the louder rejoicings of the people.
— from The Second War with England, Vol. 2 of 2 by Joel Tyler Headley - What time the warning note was keenly wound, What time aloft their kindred banner flew, While clamorous war-pipes yelled the gathering sound,
— from The Lady of the Lake by Walter Scott - The whole village was clamorous with applause.
— from History, Manners, and Customs of the North American Indians by Old Humphrey - My clamorous blood to heaven for vengeance cries, Heaven will pour out his judgments on you all.
— from Biographia Literaria by Samuel Taylor Coleridge - The whole house rose up in clamorous indignation demanding justice.
— from The Works of Charles and Mary Lamb — Volume 2 by Charles Lamb and Mary Lamb - cried, I hastily, enraged at her clamorous manner.
— from Wuthering Heights by Emily Brontë - The legion still persisted in clamorous sedition, when the emperor pronounced, with a loud voice, the decisive sentence, " Citizens!
— from The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire by Edward Gibbon
