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
“They’re kids,” he said, with the same gruffness he uses to call the entire war “nonsense.”
From Seattle Times • Jul. 15, 2022
"You've got to pull yourself together," he said with soothing gruffness.
From " The Great Gatsby" by F. Scott Fitzgerald
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