Gentle
Gentle adjective - Not loud in pitch or volume.
Usage example: the mother spoke in a gentle voice to her child
Sonorous
Sonorous adjective - Marked by a high volume of sound.
Usage example: a sonorous waterfall that can be heard from a considerable distance
Both words in one sentence
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Gravelly-voiced Dusty and sonorous, gentle Lefty from the cowboy sketches on the radio show A Prairie Home Companion.
Source: Sensitive Guy and Manly Man
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