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Meanings of gravelly in English

Unpleasantly harsh or grating in sound.

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      Abounding in small stones.

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            Usage of gravelly in English
            1
            But we gained a gravelly tone that made friends' poetry recitations bearable.
            The Guardian
            2
            Since it pays to be hypocritical, I spoke up with gravelly respect.
            The Silver Pigs
            3
            It is hardy, and grows freely in rather sandy or gravelly soil.
            Hardy Ornamental Flowering Trees and Shrubs
            4
            Biancullo has the gravelly voice one would expect of a sports handicapper.
            NY Magazine
            5
            A quick response, a gravelly voice: Cross F Street to Judiciary Square.
            The abduction
            6
            She is growing herbs for the gravelly parts of the Chelsea garden.
            The Guardian
            7
            As the light faded, the footprints were lost in the gravelly soil.
            The Postman
            8
            A gravelly crunching sound filled the room and the glass table shook.
            All You Need Is Kill
            9
            Under his feet the gravelly path ran through a flood of moonlight.
            The River's End
            10
            The bed of the creek was grassy, but broad, level, and gravelly.
            Narrative of an Expedition into Central Australia / Performed Un...
            11
            Coleman's gravelly voice came over Rapp's earpiece with a tone of frustration.
            Consent to kill: a thriller
            12
            On mention of the Vogue headline, though, Porter bursts into gravelly laughter.
            The Guardian
            13
            I dont like this, Artemis, said Butler in his bass gravelly tones.
            Artemis Fowl: the opal deception
            14
            It is a region of swelling hills, and somewhat dry gravelly plains.
            The Seven Great Monarchies Of The Ancient Eastern World, Vol 6: ...
            15
            If the ground be gravelly, or sandy, it will be sufficiently dry.
            Rural Architecture / Being a Complete Description of Farm Houses...
            16
            Here, again, were the cottonwood bottoms, banked by the barren, gravelly hills.
            Through the Grand Canyon from Wyoming to Mexico
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            United States of America
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            United Kingdom
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