raspy
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Synonyms
choleric, crabby, cranky, cross, crotchety, fiery, grouchy, grumpy, irascible, irritable, peevish, perverse, pettish, petulant, prickly, quick-tempered, ratty, short-tempered, snappish, snappy, snarky, snippety, snippy, stuffy, testy, waspish
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Very little tingle was felt through bars or pegs despite pushing high revs in the canyons — with a decent V-twin-like sound and a raspy exhaust crackle on throttle lift. — Joe Michaud, San Diego Union-Tribune, "2019 KTM 790 Duke: a lightweight, midsize rocket of a bike," 25 Aug. 2019 His raspy voice struggled to compete with the loud hums and mumbles of a crowded airliner cabin, but that didn’t stop him. — Rex Huppke, chicagotribune.com, "Column: The nightmare of flying meets the benefit of listening to someone who just needs to be heard," 22 Aug. 2019 Blending raspy vocals with a chorus of banjo strums and piano riffs, CAAMP creates a sound like none other. — Sarah Cook, al.com, "Birmingham magazine’s culture picks for June," 28 June 2019 The Aquarium: Unfiltered A bottlenose dolphin has a raspy voice and needs medical help. — Los Angeles Times, "What’s on TV Saturday and weekend talk shows, ‘Restaurant: Impossible,’ Apollo 11 moon landing and more," 19 July 2019 Sheeran’s versatile with his raspy tenor, able to pull off both falsetto weepiness and singing-comedian patter. — Spencer Kornhaber, The Atlantic, "What Makes Ed Sheeran Ed Sheeran," 17 July 2019 Over the phone, Downe is a likeable, raspy-voiced rascal. — Matt Wake | [email protected], al.com, "An ’80s glam-metal survivor tells all," 9 July 2019 During the seventh inning stretch of the Cubs' 9-7 victory over the Atlanta Braves, the iconic puppet sang in his signature raspy voice while providing a comedic edge. — Scott Gleeson, USA TODAY, "Cookie Monster dominated 'Take Me Out To the Ballgame' at Cubs game," 28 June 2019 Still, Freddy Cole’s raspy voice and muscular pianism are singular hallmarks and explain why listeners still seek him out. — Howard Reich, chicagotribune.com, "The cultural challenges of staging a 1931 jazz operetta in 2019," 26 June 2019These example sentences are selected automatically from various online news sources to reflect current usage of the word 'raspy.' Views expressed in the examples do not represent the opinion of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback.
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