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guttural

[guht-er-uhl] / ˈgʌt ər əl /


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"It was the guttural voices of the keeners, there's only three recordings and all three are just so poignant and they're so different," she said.

From BBC Dec. 31, 2025

Zhao has been signaling this moment from the start of the film, and when Hamnet’s bright, earnest voice is replaced by Buckley’s full-bodied, guttural wail, it’s nearly impossible to stay stone-faced.

From Salon Nov. 30, 2025

In postproduction, Del Toro sometimes underlay Elordi’s screams with his own guttural noises or the roars of lions and gorillas, imagining a voice created by mismatched lungs and a throat from different people.

From The Wall Street Journal Sep. 30, 2025

Beth Leavel delivers a defiantly louche rendition of “The Ladies Who Lunch” from “Company” and Bonnie Langford leaves it all out on the stage in a gorgeously guttural “I’m Still Here” from “Follies.”

From Los Angeles Times Feb. 14, 2025

They started making low, guttural sounds that sounded like dogs barking or the arfing of seals, then started clapping in unison.

From "Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream" by H.G. Bissinger




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