hoarse

Outside a metro station, 18-year-old high school students Tomas Hernanz and Martin Pena still had hoarse voices after hours of chanting.

From Barron's ● Jul. 20, 2026

But the most notable aspect of the president’s hoarse and breathy address was what he didn’t say.

From Slate ● Jul. 17, 2026

"All they stand for is anger, hatred, and destruction," roared a hoarse Viktor Orban.

From BBC ● Apr. 3, 2026

The graduates were hoarse and flights were canceled, but nobody seemed to mind.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Dec. 28, 2025

There was tall skinny Professor Ezeka, with a voice so hoarse he sounded as if he spoke in whispers.

From "Half of a Yellow Sun" by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie

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

Jane was recalled from her polite scrutiny of the women at the next table by hearing her name mentioned in Droom's hoarsest voice, modified into something like a whisper.

From Jane Cable by George Barr McCutcheon

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

He explained to them in his hoarsest tones that it stood to reason he could never have got in with the pace Ranny'd got on him.

From The Combined Maze by May Sinclair

As soon as the tune was raised, Ned struck in, with one of the loudest, hoarsest, and most discordant voices that ever annoyed a solemn assembly.

From Southern Literature From 1579-1895 A comprehensive review, with copious extracts and criticisms for the use of schools and the general reader by Louise Manly