gruffness
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“No,” Tranter snaps, and his gruffness is so confident that it makes you chuckle.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 23, 2026
He lacked the abrasiveness or gruffness found in many metal singers, opting instead for a theatrical melodic yowl with silvery overtones.
From Salon • Jul. 26, 2025
Both Brendan Gleeson and Barry Keoghan from “Banshees” ought to make the cut: It’s Gleeson’s gruffness that sets the plot in motion, and Keoghan’s tragic fool that makes you laugh, then weep.
From New York Times • Jan. 18, 2023
With his signature gruffness, Grassley acknowledges his age is “one of the reasons that I’ve put off making the decision until later on.”
From Seattle Times • Jul. 9, 2021
Wash deepened his voice and gave it the gruffness and urgency that were his father’s signature.
From "Out of Darkness" by Ashley Hope Pérez
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