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Meanings of husky in English
Synonyms
Examples for "burly"
Examples for "burly"
1
The two burly soldiers looked familiar yet he couldn't quite place them.
2
I knew the burly man; he was the local smith, the blacksmith.
3
He's burly and he's hulking; he comes right up to your shins.
4
Sweaty burly men in photographers' vests that haven't been washed for days.
5
For one thing, political autobiographies should be written when the hurly-burly's done.
1
They were strapping teenagers who had learned to notice, and fear, difference.
2
The forest we walked through now was really just a strapping adolescent.
3
We're strapping ourselves in when word comes across the radio from Marika.
4
He was tall and strapping, a seven-year veteran of the Special Forces.
5
He gave me a good strapping, and I went home in rebellion.
1
Colonel Johnson returned, and in his beefy fists were three thick files.
2
The villein did too, his beefy hands frozen on the wooden handles.
3
The man was about his own height though older and rather beefy.
4
Emily pulled at her skirt-herlegs were looking beefy from swimming-andpaused.
5
A big-boned man, he had probably been beefy much of his life.
1
But happen he may pull through, and he's a fine-made, buirdly young chap, so if you mean to back him, Mr. Wilson-
Deep and harsh sounding as if from shouting or illness or emotion.
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Usage of husky in English
1
Yet even taking that into account, her voice today sounds pretty husky.
2
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.
4
Señora Barenna was chattering in her deep husky tones immediately behind them.
5
His voice is husky and hoarse, almost impossible for them to understand.
6
He was husky and played second base on the local softball team.
7
In answer to questions he said, in a husky and confidential voice:
8
The girl rose up hastily, and said in a quick husky voice:
9
Also he had caught a quality of education in the husky voice.
10
His eyes were dark and full of entreaty; his voice was husky.
11
Raskolnikov joined the throng of women, who were talking in husky voices.
12
The husky breathing continued by her side and the hours grew longer.
13
It was filling up with purposeful, husky young men in suit coats.
14
He was stammering in a husky voice, and she said quite calmly:
15
But in the deep silence his husky, altered voice seemed to break.
16
In consequence, these three husky young Americans were on the street early.
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Husky through the time
Husky across language varieties
United Kingdom
Common
United States of America
Common