scratchy
Example Sentences
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In a weak and scratchy voice, she tells the BBC that when that happens there is only one option left - to walk into the scrubland to search for food.
From BBC • Mar. 19, 2026
During that broadcast she told viewers that her “voice has been very scratchy and started to crack a little bit.”
From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 20, 2026
It charts the Egyptian Lover’s rise through old photos, from the artist’s personal collection, where the gold chains are stacked, curls are juicy, chest hair is popping and the windbreaker tracksuits are scratchy.
From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 11, 2025
Tammy Beaumont was again scratchy for 22 from 43 balls but Amy Jones found valuable form with her 56, before Knight and Nat Sciver-Brunt set a platform with a fluent stand of 113.
From BBC • Oct. 19, 2025
A scratchy feeling rises in my throat like I’m coughing up sandpaper.
From "Starfish" by Akemi Dawn Bowman
