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
“I had my first hit in America with my new husky voice on ‘It’s a Heartache,’” she said.
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 blossoms on the morning glory vine were little tight blue fists, and you could hear husky sighing from the cornfield across the fence.
From "A Long Way from Chicago" by Richard Peck
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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
Sun and Moon, gray Alaskan huskies, were tireless.
From "Black Star, Bright Dawn" by Scott O'Dell
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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
Meanwhile, for under $1,000, you can buy one of their, uh, huskier counterparts.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 21, 2016
The sergeant-at-arms developed a pot-belly and nearly thed of shame, but continued to cry out One-Two, in a huskier voice, on every possible occasion.
From "The Once and Future King" by T. H. White
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It also found him singing in his huskiest register of the evening, to great effect.
From Seattle Times ● Oct. 8, 2023
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
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Winny, as the family called him, was the huskiest Rockefeller, at 6 ft.
From Time Magazine Archive
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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
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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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