Deep and harsh sounding as if from shouting or illness or emotion.
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The tones were gruff, and almost Indian-like in the brevity of expression.
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Nevertheless, in spite of himself, he went on in a gruff voice:
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His gruff voice was the one I'd heard talking with Luke earlier.
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His voice was gruff, his manner professional, and the news was bad.
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When he was within talking distance he said in a gruff voice:
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He was gruff, but his loyalty to Beauvoir was clear and unequivocal.
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It was Leverage who brought it up, in his characteristically gruff way.
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My wife did, but received only a gruff response from the general.
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She thought the voice had been gruff, but that didn't mean anything.
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A gruff order from the General's shattered the spell that bound them.
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He had the loud gruff voice which implies the right to command.
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He looked at the floor guiltily and spoke in a gruff voice.
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When he bade goodnight to Parkins, he murmured in a gruff undertone:
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Alwa returned his salute, and raised his voice in a gruff command.
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It would be very amusing, said Andrews in a gruff, breathless voice.
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But evidently this was not the morning for Tighe to be gruff.
