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But the first time I transcribed an interview I’d conducted with my breathy, inconsistent voice, I felt like one giant cringe.

From Slate ● Apr. 18, 2026

With her original, breathy way of speaking, stressing odd syllables and stretching random vowels to the breaking point, her mad fashions and family of wigs, Moira is a sketch character with depth.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 30, 2026

Her voice is low and breathy and her diction is flat, and her vocals sit a hair lower in the mix than one might expect.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jan. 6, 2026

Despite her small, breathy voice and heavily accented French, Birkin became a major interpreter of Gainsbourg’s songs.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 9, 2025

My mother gives an odd, breathy laugh and removes the game bag loaded with supplies from my shoulder.

From "Catching Fire" by Suzanne Collins

Trans women usually seek out a higher pitched, breathier voice as these are traits typically perceived as feminine.

From Science Magazine ● Dec. 17, 2023

The study also found that the longer someone underwent vocal therapy, the larger their glottal gap became, giving them a higher pitch and breathier voice.

From Science Magazine ● Dec. 17, 2023

Their laughs are lower-pitched and breathier than that of humans.

From National Geographic ● Feb. 2, 2018

At first the nasal, twerpy whine deepened and straightened itself out into something breathier and more emotional; then the emotion slowly drained away until he became austere.

From New York Times ● Apr. 10, 2011

But, actually, I’m gasping between each word, so it’s breathier than that.

From "Better Nate Than Ever" by Tim Federle

Ms. Jepsen is at her breathiest here: “I wanna play this for you all the time/I wanna play this for you when you’re feeling used and tired.”

From New York Times ● Aug. 19, 2015

She also did her breathiest “Hi, I’m Elizabeth Taylor” to Edward Albee, the playwright of “Virginia Woolf.”

From New York Times ● Jun. 9, 2011