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Meanings of hollow voice in English

Faucalized voice, also called hollow voice or yawny voice, is a vocal quality of speech production characterized by the vertical expansion of the pharyngeal cavity due to the lowering of the larynx.

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Usage of hollow voice in English
1
It was simple, and he uttered it solemnly in a hollow voice.
The Shadow Line: A Confession
2
John turned to his youngest daughter and asked in a hollow voice:
The Nether World
3
Then Death answered, in a hollow voice: I must do my duty.
Without Prejudice
4
A hollow voice said, and in a moment her shyness was gone.
Greatheart
5
His hollow voice and laboured breath gave the lie to his assertion.
Afterwards
6
Before she stepped to the door, a hollow voice growled from outside.
Sister of the dead
7
At length he rose and said in the same hollow voice:
The Virgin of the Sun
8
The hollow voice rose again from the depths of the earth.
Herodias
9
The three wicked ones groaned aloud and Beni said, in a hollow voice:
American Fairy Tales
10
Gloomily and with head bowed he cried in a hollow voice:
Honey-Bee / 1911
11
Turning at the platform, he said in a strange, hollow voice:
The Judgment House
12
Then she turned to Alonzo and said, in a hollow voice:
The Errand Boy; Or, How Phil Brent Won Success
13
He did not act but dragged himself along, remarking in a hollow voice:
Four Short Stories By Emile Zola
14
They must have looked their amazement, for she said in a hollow voice:
Jude the Obscure
15
Passion carries everything before it, Jenkins replied in a hollow voice.
The Nabob, Vol. 2 (of 2)
16
It frightens me, answered Paul de Gery in a hollow voice.
The Nabob
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Hollow voice through the time
Hollow voice across language varieties
United Kingdom
Common
United States of America
Less common