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as in irritable
easily irritated or annoyed
overwork tends to make him raspy
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as in hoarse
harsh and dry in sound
the dying man spoke in a barely audible, raspy voice
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Recent Examples of raspy
Pattinson, now deep into his post-Teen Beat phase of playing weirdos, gives Mickey the raspy voice and hangdog expression of the loser who dies first during a heist movie.
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Alison Willmore, Vulture, 15 Feb. 2025
Hendry’s distinctive raspy voice adds a raw, authentic quality to his music.
—Ingrid Fajardo, Billboard, 29 Jan. 2025
Discussing how their boys mirror them, the actors both agreed that Dakota's personality is most like Culkin’s, while Carson has more in common with his mom, particularly their raspy voices.
—Bailey Richards, People.com, 27 Jan. 2025
Aides at the time blamed Biden’s raspy voice on a cold.
—Brett Samuels, The Hill, 8 July 2024
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Alison Willmore, Vulture, 15 Feb. 2025
Hendry’s distinctive raspy voice adds a raw, authentic quality to his music.
—Ingrid Fajardo, Billboard, 29 Jan. 2025
Discussing how their boys mirror them, the actors both agreed that Dakota's personality is most like Culkin’s, while Carson has more in common with his mom, particularly their raspy voices.
—Bailey Richards, People.com, 27 Jan. 2025
Aides at the time blamed Biden’s raspy voice on a cold.
—Brett Samuels, The Hill, 8 July 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for raspy
Adjective
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Though most people benefit from eating more fiber, some may need to temporarily reduce their fiber intake to help their digestive system heal, such as during a flare-up of irritable bowel disease (IBD), diverticulitis, or Crohn’s disease.4 3.—
Melissa Nieves,
Verywell Health,
7 Mar. 2025
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Scheer was smart to whittle down the novel’s winding sentences into short, sharp exclamations and curt instructions — and also to be faithful to Melville’s rendition of the captain’s irritable diction.—
Justin Davidson,
Vulture,
4 Mar. 2025
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Typically lasting about a week, these include chronic cough, sneezing fits, runny nose, sinus pressure, headache, swollen lymph nodes, and hoarse (scratchy, raspy) voice.—
Mark Gurarie,
Health,
17 Mar. 2025
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Those concerns came to a head during Biden's debate against now-President Donald Trump in June, when Biden sounded hoarse and appeared to stumble through several answers.—
Dan Perry,
Newsweek,
28 Feb. 2025
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For that red-hot setup, Selfridges placed a fiery red Jil Sander coat, straight from the brand’s spring 2025 runway, front and center.—
Violet Goldstone,
WWD,
12 Mar. 2025
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Washington Post critic Ron Charles (March 9) How bad could the North Sea tanker collision be for the environment? Crew member reveals harrowing details of fiery cargo ship crash off U.K.—
Kerry Breen,
CBS News,
11 Mar. 2025
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In The Empire’s frame, residents of a coastal village in northern France — gruff, virile fisherman Jony (Brandon Vlieghe) and teenage tease Line (Lyna Khoudri) — reveal their oddball allegiance to extraterrestrial invaders.—
Armond White,
National Review,
14 Mar. 2025
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There’s a gruff and garrulous baseball pitching and hitting machine called Pop Fly (Brian Cox).—
Bilge Ebiri,
Vulture,
14 Mar. 2025
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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
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“Raspy.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/raspy. Accessed 24 Mar. 2025.
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