hoarse
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But the most notable aspect of the president’s hoarse and breathy address was what he didn’t say.
From Slate ● Jul. 17, 2026
The way I got into the voice was that I would have to scream myself hoarse.
From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 25, 2026
Several supporters in Dakar, their voices still hoarse and weary, told AFP they were disappointed by such threats.
From Barron's ● Jan. 19, 2026
The graduates were hoarse and flights were canceled, but nobody seemed to mind.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Dec. 28, 2025
Her voice, which everyone said sounded as if she were hoarse, came forth in the rhythmic jíbaro dialect I loved.
From "When I Was Puerto Rican" by Esmeralda Santiago
But the enthusiasm of the crowd remained undiminished, with fans staying on their feet and singing, their voices growing hoarser, through all nine innings.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 24, 2018
The young man bemused by the absurdities of civilization comes on now like a comic equivalent of an Old Testament Prophet, harsher and hoarser and invigorated with age.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 18, 2017
Rufus Sewell stars as Zen, looking very Italian, but sounding exactly like Rufus Sewell, only hoarser.
From The Guardian ● Jan. 3, 2011
Costello winced, and his voice got suddenly hoarser.
From Time Magazine Archive
Throughout the night, his breathing grew hoarser and his skin was damp.
From "Where the Mountain Meets the Moon" by Grace Lin
Soon, she would be holding Luna’s hand for the last time, touching her face for the last time—speaking her words of love in the hoarsest of whispers.
From "The Girl Who Drank the Moon" by Kelly Barnhill
The hoarsest note of M. De Banville’s lyre is that discordant one struck in the “Idylles Prussiennes.”
From Essays in Little by Andrew Lang
He explained to them in his hoarsest tones that it stood to reason he could never have got in with the pace Ranny'd got on him.
From The Combined Maze by May Sinclair
Jane was recalled from her polite scrutiny of the women at the next table by hearing her name mentioned in Droom's hoarsest voice, modified into something like a whisper.
From Jane Cable by George Barr McCutcheon
“Nay, nay, nay!” growled the old soldier, in his hoarsest tones.
From Marcus: the Young Centurion by George Manville Fenn
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