Etymology
Origin of burred
Example Sentences
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Her voice is low and gently burred, her affect is a funky mix of playfulness and precision.
From New York Times
Afterward, the products get “burred,” a process that involves removing the sharp edges.
From Washington Times
The patter, delivered in Mr. Silven’s smooth, slightly burred voice, is a little pat, as when he intones, “By coincidence, by fate, by destiny, a group of you have come together to predict the improbable.”
From New York Times
Mr. Starr has a skinny, burred voice that sounds as if he were quivering, and when the guitarist Paul Jackson chimes in with high harmony vocals, as on “Six Ways to Sunday,” it’s bracing.
From New York Times
His sound on the tenor saxophone, his primary instrument, was distinctive: taut and throaty, slightly burred, dark-hued.
From New York Times
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