as in gruff
harsh and dry in sound
the dying man spoke in a hoarse whisper
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Recent Examples of hoarse
Your voice may be hoarse, and your throat may be sore, inflamed, or painful.
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Sherri Gordon, Health, 1 Sep. 2024
But in the debate, Biden sounded hoarse and and at times struggled to complete sentences.
—Tribune News Service, The Mercury News, 1 July 2024
But in the debate, Biden sounded hoarse and sometimes struggled to complete sentences.
—Benjamin Oreskes, Los Angeles Times, 29 June 2024
Justin Sullivan / Getty Images Mr. Biden struggled through the first presidential debate against Trump in June, speaking in a hoarse voice and at times appearing to lose his train of thought while answering questions.
—Emily Mae Czachor, CBS News, 6 Nov. 2024
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Sherri Gordon, Health, 1 Sep. 2024
But in the debate, Biden sounded hoarse and and at times struggled to complete sentences.
—Tribune News Service, The Mercury News, 1 July 2024
But in the debate, Biden sounded hoarse and sometimes struggled to complete sentences.
—Benjamin Oreskes, Los Angeles Times, 29 June 2024
Justin Sullivan / Getty Images Mr. Biden struggled through the first presidential debate against Trump in June, speaking in a hoarse voice and at times appearing to lose his train of thought while answering questions.
—Emily Mae Czachor, CBS News, 6 Nov. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for hoarse
Adjective
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The gruff but beloved Hackman was among the most accomplished actors of his generation, appearing as villains, heroes and antiheroes in dozens of dramas, comedies and action films from the 1960s until his retirement in the early 2000s.—
Susan Montoya Bryan,
Chicago Tribune,
27 Feb. 2025
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Ford’s actually relatively locked-in as the gruff but supportive Colonel Graff training the impressionable Ender (Asa Butterfield), who has to save the universe as all lads in these types of films tend to do.—
Tim Grierson,
Vulture,
18 Feb. 2025
Adjective
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Voicing the bag is an older woman with a husky Tuscan timbre, which carries the whole way through its lifecycle onscreen.—
Anna Cafolla,
Vogue,
14 Feb. 2025
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My husky boy feet cemented into the concrete veranda.—
Diane Seuss,
Harper's Magazine,
2 July 2024
Adjective
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Using coarse textiles like neoprene, felt and faux fur, each item was crafted with three-dimensional elements, producing garments that took up physical space—whether or not their intention was to remain truthful to the natural curves of the body.—
Elizabeth Grace Coyne,
Forbes,
5 Mar. 2025
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Memoir Dayspring Anthony Oliveira And the Word became flesh: coarse hair, crooked smile, the taste of salt on his clavicle.—
Max Ufberg,
hazlitt.net,
5 Mar. 2025
Adjective
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Open Pine Forests Eufala National Wildlife Refuge One of the most significant environments for wintering rusty blackbirds, Eufala National Wildlife Refuge is also host to an ecosystem of wiregrass and longleaf pines, a keystone tree species native to the Southeastern United States.—
Catherine Jessee,
Southern Living,
8 Mar. 2025
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The celestial event, which will see the moon change to rusty red hues, will occur in the U.S. on the night of March 13-14.—
Saman Shafiq,
USA TODAY,
6 Mar. 2025
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“Hoarse.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/hoarse. Accessed 13 Mar. 2025.
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