A throaty cough.
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Throaty
//ˈθɹəʊti//
Synonyms for "throaty" (130 found)
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4 translations across 3 languages.
Bulgarian
1 entries- гърлен adj (produced in the throat)
Hebrew
1 entries- גְרוֹנִי adj (produced in the throat)
Icelandic
2 entries- hás adj (produced in the throat)
- rámur adj (produced in the throat)
Sample sentences
8 total sentences available.
The concluſion of this rambling Letter ſhall be a rhime of certain hard throary^([sic – meaning throaty]) Words which I was taught lately, and they are accounted the difficulteſt in all the whole Caſtilian Language, inſomuch that he who is able to pronounce them, is accounted Buen Romanciſta, a good ſpeaker of Spaniſh: […]
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But the most haunting of all the melodies is the warbling laughter of the Tulameen; its delicate note is far more powerful, more far-reaching than the throaty thunders of the Niagara.
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We could hear a motor running; it seemed too deep and throaty a motor to be the squad car, and after we passed the high school, the engine noise grew louder.
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