Many gifted Frenchmen, like M. Viviani, Anatole France, and some other Academicians, speak French extremely well, but even these live in hope of improvement, of some day mastering the finest shades of nasality and cadence, the violet rays of rhythm.
"The So-called Human Race"
Bert Leston Taylor
There is a fine religious nasality about these names that is strongly suggestive of the pulpit in the palmy days of the Puritans.
"The Fiend's Delight"
Dod Grile
Without special attention to the subject, teachers are apt to acquire certain characteristic faults of voice, such as nasality, sharpness, harshness, and thinness of tone, of which they are quite unconscious.
"The American Union Speaker"
John D. Philbrick