How to Use hoarse in a Sentence
hoarse
adjective
- The cold made me a little hoarse.
- She could only speak in a hoarse whisper.
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Meinhardt yelled himself hoarse in the stands, encouraging her between bouts.
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David Wharton,
Los Angeles Times,
27 July 2024
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Biden's voice was hoarse and raspy from the start Thursday night.
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Laura Schulte,
Journal Sentinel,
27 June 2024
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My voice was hoarse as heck the next day from coughing.
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Madison Feller,
ELLE,
14 Sep. 2022
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His voice was hoarse and Maxey jumped back in his seat.
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New York Times,
9 May 2022
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His voice was hoarse and bags had formed under his eyes.
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Dallas News,
9 Nov. 2022
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Stills was stout and hoarse but still nimble on the guitar.
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Pamela Constable,
Washington Post,
21 Jan. 2023
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A couple of them had gone hoarse from telling the stories so many times.
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Star Tribune,
24 Oct. 2020
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The sing-alongs left many fans hoarse, given how often Fouts and Co. reached the end zone.
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San Diego Union-Tribune,
8 Feb. 2023
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Pat Casey’s eyes well and his voice grows hoarse in recalling the scene.
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SI.com,
16 May 2018
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Chris continued to search the next day and night, his throat hoarse from yelling his son’s name.
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Capi Lynn,
oregonlive,
12 Sep. 2020
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Christina Norstein was hoarse, her nose swollen by mask marks.
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Khadeeja Safdar,
WSJ,
1 Apr. 2020
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Even the golden throats had screamed themselves hoarse, cheering on the Padres from their homes or the stands.
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Tom Krasovic,
sandiegouniontribune.com,
31 May 2017
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His voice is hoarse with age but still has a tenor’s vibrancy.
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Sophie Neiman,
The Christian Science Monitor,
18 Sep. 2023
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Once a dog's vocal cords have been removed its bark is said to sound more like a hoarse cough.
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Lisa Gutierrez,
kansascity,
30 May 2018
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In a welcomed welcome for Melvin, Padres fans hollered themselves hoarse from the start.
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San Diego Union-Tribune,
14 Apr. 2022
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Suddenly, what had been her sweet, warm voice turned hoarse and cold.
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Souvankham Thammavongsa,
The New Yorker,
6 June 2022
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On Tuesday, Legans’ voice was still hoarse from coaching three games in four days.
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Bill Oram,
oregonlive,
30 Nov. 2022
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One of them paced, her voice hoarse with screaming, among the many adults who’d responded.
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Star Tribune,
1 Sep. 2020
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Biden appeared weak, with a hoarse voice and stumbling through some of his answers.
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Candy Woodall,
Baltimore Sun,
28 June 2024
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And then every man, woman and child who wore the red and white rose and shouted themselves hoarse.
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al,
22 Nov. 2021
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My breath catches in my throat, and my words come out sounding strangely low and hoarse.
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Lizz Schumer,
Peoplemag,
6 July 2024
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His voice was still hoarse from Lopez’s election night party.
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Gustavo Arellano,
Los Angeles Times,
21 Nov. 2023
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Bryant was a bit hoarse after his first four days of practice, gobbling cough drops to soothe his throat.
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Julia Poe,
Chicago Tribune,
6 July 2022
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His delivery split the difference between the hoarse growls of DMX and the icy control of 50 Cent.
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Los Angeles Times,
19 Feb. 2020
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His voice was hoarse from straining to be heard above the hip-hop being blasted by a laptop DJ.
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Ryan Smith,
Chicago Reader,
23 Aug. 2017
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The streets ringing Petco Park pulsed to the soundtrack of car horns and voices growing hoarse by the second.
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Bryce Miller Columnist,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
4 Oct. 2020
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Connor, who had cowed Negroes for 23 years with hoarse threats and club-swinging cops.
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Zachary B. Wolf,
CNN,
15 Jan. 2022
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Biden, who at 81 is the oldest sitting president in history, spoke with a hoarse voice that his team attributed to a cold.
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Alexandra Hutzler,
ABC News,
21 July 2024
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