Deep and harsh sounding as if from shouting or illness or emotion.
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Examples for "husky"
Examples for "husky"
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Yet even taking that into account, her voice today sounds pretty husky.
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I'm sure they'd be glad to have you, the husky voice said.
3
The lambs said most; and the sheep agreed with a husky croak.
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Señora Barenna was chattering in her deep husky tones immediately behind them.
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His voice is husky and hoarse, almost impossible for them to understand.
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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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At last he gasped forth in the hoarse whisper of mortal terror:
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His voice is husky and hoarse, almost impossible for them to understand.
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His hoarse voice broke the hush; he said to the young man:
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The great stands were hoarse with shouting; for here ended the game.
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In the air far above he heard the hoarse cries of sea-gulls.
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At the same time the hoarse voice of the captain was heard:
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In another second the laugh was lost in a hoarse, excited cry.
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This in a hoarse aside to the children at the next table.
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He spoke with a hoarse-sounding voice when answering questions about his identity.
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From the swamp below the hill came the hoarse croaking of bull-frogs.
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Seven score voices broke in, in a hoarse roar, upon the chorus-
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The monks, in hoarse tones and monotonous harmonics, chanted the penitential psalms.
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He sat up again, and in a voice hoarse and terrible said:-
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There is a cry in the streets, hoarse and loud-a triumphant proclamation:
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Reenie coughed up water, loud hoarse coughs from deep within her chest.
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Cecilia was calling down in a voice that sounded hoarse with concern.
