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
The Morriseys were a huge breed, and there were many strapping great sons and uncles, heavy-booted, big-fisted, rough-voiced.
From John Barleycorn by London, Jack
Attention is called to the fact that Esau is represented as a "hairy" man, rough-voiced and easily beguiled, while Jacob, on the other hand, is smooth-faced, soft-voiced, and the favorite of his mother.
From The God-Idea of the Ancients or Sex in Religion by Gamble, Eliza Burt
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