husky
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With her distinctive husky voice, tousled mane of blonde hair and black eyeliner, Tyler was instantly recognisable as the queen of the 1980s power ballad.
From Barron's ● Aug. 15, 2026
“Maybe my husky voice was what that song, and my career, needed.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 9, 2026
There was also criticism: some listeners and critics have argued that many of his songs started to sound alike, with his trademark husky, introspective delivery creating a sense of sameness across different films and genres.
From BBC ● Jan. 28, 2026
He tends to favor spare instrumentation, drawing the ear to his husky voice and often wrenching lyrics.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 9, 2025
The husky voice was beautiful even when it was barely more than a murmur borne on the wind.
From "Harriet Tubman: Conductor on the Underground Railroad" by Ann Petry
The Tamaskan, a "wolfalike" breed created in the UK during the 1980s by selecting huskies, malamutes, and other dogs for a wolf-like appearance, has about 3.7 percent wolf ancestry.
From Science Daily ● Nov. 29, 2025
His charge was simply 31 sled dogs, mostly Alaskan huskies, who work in Denali National Park.
From Slate ● Jul. 4, 2025
So they advertised for pet-owning participants, who had huskies or malamutes, to join their study remotely.
From BBC ● Jan. 29, 2025
Then again, some dogs are just more inclined to bark than others based on their breed, with Siberian huskies particularly notorious for being whiny.
From Salon ● Aug. 4, 2024
At the Rink Rapids two native huskies, Teek and Koona, were added; and the celerity with which Buck broke them in took away François’s breath.
From "The Call of the Wild" by Jack London
Tyler, after a brief recovery period, returned to the recording studio with a huskier, edgier voice.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 9, 2026
Now 79, McCartney’s voice has grown huskier in his later years but still sounded good during that 2019 Vancouver show.
From Seattle Times ● Feb. 18, 2022
Infections were concentrated among younger men as they flocked to signature summer events like Bear Week, part of gay culture for guys on the huskier and hairier side.
From Washington Post ● Aug. 5, 2021
If you’re on the older or huskier side, consider compression socks.
From New York Times ● Nov. 23, 2018
“She’ll seem better tomorrow,” his grandma said, her voice huskier, “but she won’t be, Conor.”
From "A Monster Calls" by Patrick Ness
It also found him singing in his huskiest register of the evening, to great effect.
From Seattle Times ● Oct. 8, 2023
I doubt very much if she actually received from "the huskiest of the six" any blows from a mule's belly-strap.
From Time Magazine Archive
Winny, as the family called him, was the huskiest Rockefeller, at 6 ft.
From Time Magazine Archive
As the toothpick-shaped shells slid to their starting marks, Eastern hopes were centered on M.I.T.'s powerful sprint champions, huskiest boatload on the water.
From Time Magazine Archive
He would saddle their huskiest plow horse, ride into town, and shop for everybody.
From "In Cold Blood" by Truman Capote
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