How to Use gravelly in a Sentence

gravelly

adjective

• Across the gravelly road, about 20 black birds were perched on the telephone wires.
  — Michael A. Gonzales, The Root, 25 Mar. 2018
• Their mother, Kathy, was a nurse who spoke with the gravelly voice of a smoker.
  — Michael M. Phillips, WSJ, 23 Sep. 2017
• Wild columbine is a fine choice for a gravelly slope, rock ledge, or rock garden.
  — BostonGlobe.com, 29 May 2022
• There was the gravelly bottom of Lake Granby barely 3 feet below the bottom edge of the ice.
  — Joe Cermele, Outdoor Life, 28 Jan. 2020
• The fat was rendered to its golden sweet spot, and the bark gave off the gravelly growl of salt, pepper and something savory ($11.25 per half-pound).
  — Mike Sutter, ExpressNews.com, 7 Jan. 2021
• Between numbers, the local singer paused and in a gravelly drawl, beseeched the crowd to be thankful.
  — Michael Democker, NOLA.com, 24 Oct. 2017
• On a literal level, that’s all the two were fighting about: just 20 feet of gravelly beach.
  — Chris Colin, Outside Online, 30 May 2018
• Brown's gravelly voice, messy salt-and-pepper mane and Velcro black sneakers aren't an act.
  — Jason Williams, Cincinnati.com, 6 July 2018
• Chain, who repeatedly pulled at his long, dark hair that was dyed magenta at the ends, thanked the judge in a deep gravelly voice.
  — Fox News, 31 Aug. 2018
• The operation removed a piece of his neck and changed the tone of his voice, deepening it and giving it a gravelly sound.
  — Susannah Cullinane, CNN, 29 Mar. 2020
• His music, spiced with his gravelly vocals, was a gumbo of blues, R&B, rock and with a bit of New Orleans voodoo thrown in for good measure.
  — Jim Cheng, USA TODAY, 6 June 2019
• The rock plate stood up to hours of bushwhacking with a 60-pound pack in Colorado’s Park Range, and the fat lugs on the Vibram outsole gave us confidence on slick roots and gravelly paths.
  — Outside Online, 15 May 2018
• Dyche's gruff, gravelly tone and slick amber hair is enough alone to deserve respect.
  — James Masters, CNN, 6 Aug. 2019
• Here, families and tourists stroll, relax, dine, shop, listen to crooning buskers and bands or pop down to the gravelly beach for a dip in Black Sea waters warmed by the summer sun.
  — Jeff Opdyke, latimes.com, 23 June 2019
• His signature graced the side of the city’s fanciest casino and his gravelly voice greeted callers to the hotel.
  — Christopher Palmeri, Bloomberg.com, 7 Feb. 2018
• Among the striking black-and-white photographs on view from her first show, in 1954: a mysterious beach shot in which a child gazes at a dead goat in the gravelly foreground, while a man looks out to sea.
  — The New Yorker, 31 Mar. 2017
• Thanks to the song's simple production, Harry's gravelly and soulful voice is front and center.
  — Noelle Devoe, Seventeen, 5 May 2017
• Thanks to the song's simple production, Harry's gravelly and soulful voice is front and center.
  — Noelle Devoe, Seventeen, 5 May 2017
• While gravelly trails lead down from the Schilthorn, casual hikers prefer taking the cable car down to Birg station.
  — Rick Steves' Europe, The Seattle Times, 20 June 2017
• Announcer Jess Gomez screamed a gravelly question to the fans waiting for football to start at Herriman High.
  — Alex Vejar, The Salt Lake Tribune, 14 Aug. 2020
• Spend time with Taylor and the hours slip away in these kinds of conversations, narrated by the gentle, gravelly tenor of his familiar voice.
  — Raisa Bruner, Time, 6 Feb. 2020
• At the base of a precipitous gravelly roadway, the procession stopped.
  — Manuel Roig-Franzia, Washington Post, 20 Oct. 2017
• Kiefer Sutherland, with his gravelly voice and creepy calm, could really imbue a cheesy line with gravitas.
  — Willa Paskin, Slate Magazine, 3 Feb. 2017
• Just sit back, relax and enjoy the gravelly intonations of Vin Diesel as the gang’s ringleader, Dominic Toretto.
  — Los Angeles Times, 24 June 2021
• Rosemead Boulevard, just south of the 60 Freeway and running through the Whittier Narrows, is a fast-moving stretch with gravelly shoulders.
  — Los Angeles Times, 17 Mar. 2022
• Though the films were extremely successful, Bale's Batman voice was often criticized and would get even more gravelly and bizarre throughout the three films.
  — Lisa Respers France, CNN, 14 June 2017
• The once-uplifting production takes a dark turn and has gravelly layers grind against one another.
  — David Rishty, Billboard, 21 June 2017
• Dark and Hell Is Hot, played on the speakers, his gravelly voice rising, falling, and echoing around the sparsely populated arena.
  — Ben Dandridge-Lemco, Rolling Stone, 25 Apr. 2021
• The Swedish singer-songwriter (real name Kristian Matsson) has spent much of the past decade telling stories about love and loss that unfold behind little more than his gravelly voice and deft guitar skills.
  — John Hendrickson, Esquire, 14 Apr. 2015
• They are generally found on dry or gravelly alkaline soils in both the eastern and western parts of North America.
  — Paul Cappiello, The Courier-Journal, 24 Apr. 2020

Last Updated: 17 Jul 2024