A gravelly voice. From Wordnet, Princeton University.
The soil at To Kalon is described as gravelly with some clay. From Wordnik.com. [Homepage] Reference
And parts of it gravelly which is the first soil of the kind we have seen since we started. From Wordnik.com. [John Work's Journey from Fort Vancouver to Umpqua River, and Return, in 1834] Reference
"gravelly" becoming routine when discussions turned to Faithfull-a practice that continues to this day. From Wordnik.com. [Vue Weekly] Reference
Her head ached; her eyes felt gravelly in her skull. From Wordnik.com. [Country House] Reference
Then I do another gravelly ah on maybe on the slide. From Wordnik.com. [Composer Theo Bleckmann Dwells In Possibility] Reference
A gravelly laugh follows, and I gasp out of the water. From Wordnik.com. [The Stay Apparatus] Reference
It prefers a poor, gravelly soil, and is found in summer. From Wordnik.com. [The Home Medical Library, Volume V (of VI)] Reference
Jesse's voice is more gravelly, his gestures less grandiose. From Wordnik.com. [Nader And The Push For Purity] Reference
"What happened?" demanded the captain in his gravelly tenor voice. From Wordnik.com. [Unwise Child] Reference
The gravelly prairies between the Columbia and Puget Sound, and the. From Wordnik.com. [Life at Puget Sound: With Sketches of Travel in Washington Territory, British Columbia, Oregon and California] Reference
This grass generally grows in gravelly and somewhat alkaline soils. From Wordnik.com. [A Handbook of Some South Indian Grasses] Reference
With a gravelly taunt, he urged his critics "to fire your best shot.". From Wordnik.com. [Can Charlie Rangel Hold On?] Reference
The gravelly contralto is a sister to the vocal slapstick of Bert Lahr. From Wordnik.com. [Unsinkable Dolly] Reference
A little nearer, and he saw a gravelly strand lying just beyond the rocks. From Wordnik.com. [Lost in the Fog] Reference
He sang in a gravelly voice, pausing now and then to remember a new verse. From Wordnik.com. [Millennium] Reference
Plateaus and valleys of rich, gravelly soil lie within these stately ranges. From Wordnik.com. [Canada] Reference
"It's been a horrible time," Higgins says, his voice sounding thick and gravelly. From Wordnik.com. [John Higgins: 'It's the hardest thing ? people doubting me'] Reference
"Liar ..." rasped the gravelly voice that escaped his now frighteningly toothy visage. From Wordnik.com. [Three Corpse Brunch: Part One] Reference
“Let's not,” came a gravelly crackle from behind the screen door leading into the house. From Wordnik.com. [Bootstraps] Reference
A clear trail led up a dusty, gravelly slope, upon which scant greasewood and cactus appeared. From Wordnik.com. [The Boy Scouts Book of Campfire Stories] Reference
"This is Joanna," went the gravelly voice of Joanna Dark, the virtual vixen who stars in the game. From Wordnik.com. [Killer Ads] Reference
Tom Waits: Why did the gravelly voiced hipster wait this long to release an album called "Real Gone"?. From Wordnik.com. [UP NEXT] Reference
Some attempt had been made to dig over the gravelly soil for some yards from the foot of the boulder. From Wordnik.com. [Ruth Fielding At College or The Missing Examination Papers] Reference
Then the river narrowed and shallowed, and we again took to our feet upon a beautiful gravelly bottom. From Wordnik.com. [Lippincott's Magazine, Vol. 26, August, 1880 of Popular Literature and Science] Reference
An aide posted at the door rushes over, lowers his ear, and Kerik imparts orders in his gravelly voice. From Wordnik.com. [How A Lost Son Made Good] Reference
Fishburne has a gravelly, deep-sea sort of voice and a sudden laugh that is perhaps three times too loud. From Wordnik.com. [Searching For Larry Fishburne] Reference
His smooth stones, his gravelly shoals, the banks of green grass, are now buried deep in a foaming torrent. From Wordnik.com. [India and the Indians] Reference
At length the boat seemed to pass along by the gravelly beach, and move by it as though it would go no nearer. From Wordnik.com. [Lost in the Fog] Reference
Still, it's weirdly fascinating to hear the author's gravelly, bumbling, stilted intonation of CIA skulduggery. From Wordnik.com. [The New Oral Tradition] Reference
Dutch slopes in old-fashioned gardens, and from the high state of culture to which their thin gravelly soil is brought. From Wordnik.com. [Itinerary of Provence and the Rhone Made During the Year 1819] Reference
Diesel's appeal extends beyond his action-hero arms, gravelly voice and acting ability (he's studied since the age of 7). From Wordnik.com. ['Xxx' Threat] Reference
I note that trees on my more gravelly soil came through in the best shape at official-22° F., unofficial 24 to 28 below. From Wordnik.com. [Northern Nut Growers Association Report of the Proceedings at the 41st Annual Meeting Pleasant Valley, New York, August 28, 29 and 30, 1950] Reference
The former silk road oasis of Hetian perches on the edge of China's Taklimakan Desert, a gravelly wasteland of scrub and rock. From Wordnik.com. [China Feels the Heat] Reference
What this is: gruff voice, gravelly man running the ticket booth looking strangely on, wringing warted hands, weighing my bag. From Wordnik.com. [Here is our fantastic document.] Reference
With his silver-flecked hair and his gravelly voice, Gwyeth Smith Jr. has a way of making families listen to his unconventional notions. From Wordnik.com. [He’s Got Some Great Advice For You: Relax] Reference
With the greatest care the plane was removed from the two pack animals, and with ropes lowered on its own wheels down the gravelly slope. From Wordnik.com. [The Boy Scouts on the Yukon] Reference
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