breathy voice

Example Sentences

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Despite her small, breathy voice and heavily accented French, Birkin became a major interpreter of Gainsbourg’s songs.

From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 9, 2025

"My vocal trainer always says I have a breathy voice, so the way I sing is not so staccato."

From BBC • Jan. 2, 2024

It’s a very breathy voice and so, therefore, I have to start quite far down in the diaphragm.

From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 8, 2020

“It was the clenched teeth and, you know, the breathy voice, so there really wasn’t any resemblance — there isn’t any resemblance to the old man that sits before us today,” Gay Hardwick said.

From Seattle Times • Jun. 29, 2020

We are working towards the goal of a little garden for each one, each one of you — the clasped hands again, the breathy voice — and that’s just one for instance.

From "The Handmaid's Tale" by Margaret Atwood