roughened

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Auto-tune aside, fans will notice that Thorn's voice has deepened and roughened.

From BBC • Apr. 22, 2023

“It wasn’t looked at being this roughened type of scenario. It was an offering with very strong comforts of home while you still were able to enjoy the outdoors with your family.”

From New York Times • Aug. 28, 2022

To achieve the shells’ luminous surfaces, Utzon covered them with more than a million handcrafted ceramic tiles, their surfaces roughened by trace amounts of crushed stone, a technique inspired by Japanese pottery.

From New York Times • Aug. 2, 2021

He sang his conversational lyrics in a voice roughened by a hard-luck life, particularly after throat cancer left him with a disfigured jaw.

From Washington Times • Apr. 7, 2020

In the morning, bright sunlight turned the roughened water into patches of flashing silver.

From "Frightful's Mountain" by Jean Craighead George