hoarse
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But the most notable aspect of the president’s hoarse and breathy address was what he didn’t say.
From Slate ● Jul. 17, 2026
Those I spoke to were sleep deprived, their voices hoarse from screaming for survivors.
From BBC ● Jun. 28, 2026
Several supporters in Dakar, their voices still hoarse and weary, told AFP they were disappointed by such threats.
From Barron's ● Jan. 19, 2026
Palme d’Or winners and catwalk icons gather in the private boxes while shirtless ultras sing themselves hoarse behind the goals.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jan. 4, 2026
“Help!” he shouted, his voice a hoarse rasp.
From "Shooting Kabul" by N. H. Senzai
But the enthusiasm of the crowd remained undiminished, with fans staying on their feet and singing, their voices growing hoarser, through all nine innings.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 24, 2018
The young man bemused by the absurdities of civilization comes on now like a comic equivalent of an Old Testament Prophet, harsher and hoarser and invigorated with age.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 18, 2017
Rufus Sewell stars as Zen, looking very Italian, but sounding exactly like Rufus Sewell, only hoarser.
From The Guardian ● Jan. 3, 2011
Costello winced, and his voice got suddenly hoarser.
From Time Magazine Archive
From the street, the crying woman’s voice rose again and again, hoarser and thinner than the last time.
From "Half of a Yellow Sun" by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
Soon, she would be holding Luna’s hand for the last time, touching her face for the last time—speaking her words of love in the hoarsest of whispers.
From "The Girl Who Drank the Moon" by Kelly Barnhill
Whenever they met, even after a brief separation, he expressed his feelings by his hoarsest screech.
From A Daughter of the Forest by Evelyn Raymond
"You have a wife who is spending a few weeks and a few dollars at the Jersey seashore, is it not so?" inquired the hoarsest voice.
From Skiddoo! by Hugh McHugh
“I demand that you immediately get off that toadstool!” cried Grandpa Croaker in his hoarsest voice, so that it sounded like distant thunder.
From Bully and Bawly No-Tail by Louis Wisa
He had the reputation then of being the most good-humoured in the Law Courts and the possessor of the hoarsest voice of any judge.
From Forty Years of 'Spy' by Leslie Ward
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