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- noun The state or characteristic of being
raspy .
Etymologies
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Examples
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Oh, I was able to have a short phone conversation with a friend, late last night, between sips of Throat Coat tea and chicken soup, but for the most part, I've moved beyond Lauren Becall raspiness and into total croakdom.
unknown title MissMeliss 2009
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Alma searched his glassy eyes and knew instantly from the raspiness of his voice that he was telling the truth.
Red Hats Damon Wayans 2010
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Alma searched his glassy eyes and knew instantly from the raspiness of his voice that he was telling the truth.
Red Hats Damon Wayans 2010
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Alma searched his glassy eyes and knew instantly from the raspiness of his voice that he was telling the truth.
Red Hats Damon Wayans 2010
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Alma searched his glassy eyes and knew instantly from the raspiness of his voice that he was telling the truth.
Red Hats Damon Wayans 2010
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Wisps of gray hair adorn his bald head, and his voice is colored by raspiness.
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Not even a hint of raspiness which I think can be overrated in jazz and blah at times.
rouflaquette Diary Entry rouflaquette 2009
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Not because, in her Brooklyn persona, as patm noticed, she pronounced the final "t" in the word "what", since any one of Jewish descent would do so naturally please save your anti-Semitic comments for cedarford, but, more important, because she relies more on the harshness, shrillness, raspiness of the NYC voice rather than on nuances.
Accents, performed with astounding flexibility. Ann Althouse 2008
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Johnson came away from a film session with some raspiness to his Cajun twang.
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Health conditions like acid reflux common at this age can really affect the voice causing a raspiness and change in pitch.
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