gravelly
adjective
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Synonyms for gravelly
Synonyms
coarse, croaking, croaky, grating, gravel, gruff, hoarse, husky, rasping, raspy, rusty, scratchy, throaty
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The notorious junkie novelistâs gravelly voice piped ghoulishly into my sluggish morning mind. — Alexander C. Kafka, Houston Chronicle, "How David Bowie, Jimmy Page, Patti Smith and other musicians fell for William S. Burroughs," 29 June 2019 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, "Legendary New Orleans musician Dr. John, born Mac Rebbenack, dies at 77," 6 June 2019 Dyche's gruff, gravelly tone and slick amber hair is enough alone to deserve respect. — James Masters, CNN, "Premier League predictions: Liverpool or Manchester City? Kane or Aguero?," 6 Aug. 2019 The notorious junkie novelistâs gravelly voice piped ghoulishly into my sluggish morning mind. — Alexander C. Kafka, Houston Chronicle, "How David Bowie, Jimmy Page, Patti Smith and other musicians fell for William S. Burroughs," 29 June 2019 His speech combined his Dr. Seussian gift of conjuring lyrical, yet logical new words with the gravelly accent of a bayou mobster bullfrog. — Hanna Krueger, nola.com, "âWe donât do pity parties. We do partiesâ: New Orleans sends Dr. John off in style," 22 June 2019 The notorious junkie novelistâs gravelly voice piped ghoulishly into my sluggish morning mind. — Alexander C. Kafka, Houston Chronicle, "How David Bowie, Jimmy Page, Patti Smith and other musicians fell for William S. Burroughs," 29 June 2019 The notorious junkie novelistâs gravelly voice piped ghoulishly into my sluggish morning mind. — Alexander C. Kafka, Houston Chronicle, "How David Bowie, Jimmy Page, Patti Smith and other musicians fell for William S. Burroughs," 29 June 2019 The notorious junkie novelistâs gravelly voice piped ghoulishly into my sluggish morning mind. — Alexander C. Kafka, Washington Post, "How David Bowie, Jimmy Page, Patti Smith and other musicians fell for William S. Burroughs," 21 June 2019These example sentences are selected automatically from various online news sources to reflect current usage of the word 'gravelly.' Views expressed in the examples do not represent the opinion of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback.
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