rough-voiced
Americanadjective
Etymology
Origin of rough-voiced
First recorded in 1810–20
Example Sentences
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It showed frequent snatches of beetle-browed, rough-voiced Lawyer Darrow and little, bald-headed Professor Parshley conversing in a well-stocked library.
From Time Magazine Archive
The cast is headed by Odette Myrtil, a rough-voiced Parisienne who makes pantherlike glides around the stage while playing cardiac tunes on her violin.
From Time Magazine Archive
There were fussy and chatty grey doves like Grandmothers; and brown, rough-voiced pigeons like Uncles; and greeny, cackling, no-I’ve-no-money-today pigeons like Fathers.
From "Mary Poppins" by P. L. Travers
Appalled were those Rutulian hearts; yea, feared with all amaze, Messapus sat mid frighted steeds: the rough-voiced stream grew black; Yea, Tiberinus from the deep his footsteps drew aback.
From The Æneids of Virgil Done into English Verse by Morris, William
“Let me know if he don’t work,” said the rough-voiced man.
From In the King's Name The Cruise of the "Kestrel" by Fenn, George Manville
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