glottal

Example Sentences

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It can elegantly vault octaves, scoop notes without a croaky glottal fry and crack words into multi-note, velvety yodels.

From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 18, 2025

With the metal in colliding knives, the foley work of sand beneath a boot and the glottal roaring of a sandworm, I am reduced to a slack, muttering, awe-struck child.

From Salon • Feb. 28, 2025

The glottal gap, on average, was larger in women who had undergone vocal therapy, regardless of whether, or how long, they had been on HRT, the scientists found.

From Science Magazine • Dec. 17, 2023

It’s actually a glottal sound, meaning it emanates from the glottis, in the back of the throat — a muscle English speakers don’t get to exercise much.

From Seattle Times • Nov. 21, 2022

The boy recited with a thrilling clarity, and a jarring touch of what my generation would call Cockney, though I have no idea these days what the significance is of a glottal t.

From "Atonement" by Ian McEwan