guttural

Example Sentences

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Raspy grunts, high-pitched mews, guttural barks and the occasional roar bellowed toward my group of hikers at Año Nuevo State Park, a remote strip of coastal bluffs about 60 miles south of San Francisco.

From New York Times

Edith let out a guttural cry as she was taken down to the cells.

From BBC

Spoken Arabic changes regionally, with the Berber-infused Arabic of North Africa, the rapid-fire Egyptian heard in movies and television comedies, the soft Levantine drawl and the guttural dialect of the Gulf Arabs.

From Seattle Times

From under the forest canopy came the guttural, trash-compactor roar of the loudest land animal in the world, one of many endangered species that live here, along with pumas, toucans, spider monkeys and coati-mundis.

From New York Times

Low-pitched trills had a guttural quality, and she slashed at the violin so furiously she could have drawn blood from its strings.

From New York Times