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as in hoarse
harsh and dry in sound
her voice was scratchy from a cold
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Recent Examples of scratchy
Gone are the days of scratchy speaker boxes where items got lost in translation.
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Francisco Velasquez, Quartz, 20 Nov. 2024
But the material remains very comfortable and not at all scratchy.
—Kathleen Felton, Better Homes & Gardens, 4 Nov. 2024
For cedar fever sufferers, that means itchy eyes, runny noses, scratchy throats and generally feeling terrible for weeks.
—Nicole Villalpando, Austin American-Statesman, 27 Nov. 2024
Additionally, individuals that struggle with a dry or scratchy throat may be able to alleviate immediate symptoms by drinking warm tea with honey.
—Timothy Dale, Better Homes & Gardens, 23 Nov. 2024
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Francisco Velasquez, Quartz, 20 Nov. 2024
But the material remains very comfortable and not at all scratchy.
—Kathleen Felton, Better Homes & Gardens, 4 Nov. 2024
For cedar fever sufferers, that means itchy eyes, runny noses, scratchy throats and generally feeling terrible for weeks.
—Nicole Villalpando, Austin American-Statesman, 27 Nov. 2024
Additionally, individuals that struggle with a dry or scratchy throat may be able to alleviate immediate symptoms by drinking warm tea with honey.
—Timothy Dale, Better Homes & Gardens, 23 Nov. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for scratchy
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She had been beaten so savagely with a golf club belonging to a set in the Skakel house that the club snapped and the killer used a jagged piece to stab her through the neck.Staff report, Hartford Courant, 26 Dec. 2024
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The picture depicts a bustling market of shoppers and vendors, with a jagged line reminiscent of those on graphs winding through the stalls.Leslie Katz, Forbes, 12 Dec. 2024
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Inspiring or irritating, empowering or exploitative, maternal or manipulative — with many shades of gray in between — female mentorship is a common dynamic in many of 2024’s most affecting stories.Todd Gilchrist, Variety, 18 Dec. 2024
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Windows 11 is still an appalling tablet OS with a crippling lack of touch-friendly apps, and the stylus has an irritating input lag that makes scribbling on screen unsatisfactory.Barry Collins, Forbes, 14 Dec. 2024
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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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Most in the away end were hoarse by that stage, but a special roar was reserved for Worrall.Nick Miller, The Athletic, 22 Aug. 2024
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What message to place inside the empathy machine of cinema has become a thorny issue in India.Thomas Page, CNN, 15 Dec. 2024
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The small Humboldt County city is contending with several thorny issues, including the possible construction of its first affordable housing development.Daniel Miller, Los Angeles Times, 13 Dec. 2024
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After a long bout of gruff banter, Frank gets personal, invoking his dead son, Joseph.Wesley Stenzel, EW.com, 14 Dec. 2024
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The actress uncovers enough credibility in the character to withstand the syrupy sports drama’s conventions, offsetting the gruff Eastwoodisms on which the film is built. 19.Matthew Jacobs, Vulture, 6 Dec. 2024
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Technically, capers are the flower buds of the Capparis spinosa plant, a prickly shrub commonly found bordering the Mediterranean, in places like Morocco and Greece.Kendra Vaculin, Bon Appétit, 16 Dec. 2024
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And Chalamet rises to the challenge of capturing the prickly charisma of Dylan’s inchoate, anti-matter, read-between-the-lines personality.Owen Gleiberman, Variety, 10 Dec. 2024
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Normani continues to show off her personal innovations on Brandy’s vocal playbook, while Khalid displays his growth as a duet partner, offering up a rich, husky complement to Mani’s airier timbre.Kyle Denis, Billboard, 9 Dec. 2024
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The country titan performed a series a barnburners that ran on his husky, soulful voice.Mars Salazar, Austin American-Statesman, 11 Oct. 2024
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“Scratchy.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/scratchy. Accessed 30 Dec. 2024.
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