breathy
adjective
(of the voice) characterized by audible or excessive emission of breath.
breathiness
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a word derived from
breathy.
Example Sentences
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If I talked like Mickey Mouse, the thin breathiness that plagued my voice went away.
From Slate ● Apr. 18, 2026
“Richard’s paintings had a breathiness and color and a kind of newness absolutely separate from Pop Art,” Mr. Bellamy once said.
From New York Times ● Apr. 18, 2016
As the piece evolves, the horn player offers expressions filled with breathiness one moment but exploding with tight bursts the next.
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 25, 2015
The tone, the breathiness, the vocal ticks — they were all there.
From The Verge ● Feb. 24, 2015
It was a not unbewitching sound, a mix of flute and bassoon, my consonants slightly slurred, a rush and breathiness to most of my pronouncements.
From "Middlesex: A Novel" by Jeffrey Eugenides
