How to Use gravelly in a Sentence

gravelly

adjective
  • Wild columbine is a fine choice for a gravelly slope, rock ledge, or rock garden.
    — BostonGlobe.com, 29 May 2022
  • They were met with the gravelly voice of an unknown man on the other end.
    — Heather Kelly, Washington Post, 13 July 2022
  • Across the gravelly road, about 20 black birds were perched on the telephone wires.
    — Michael A. Gonzales, The Root, 25 Mar. 2018
  • Their mother, Kathy, was a nurse who spoke with the gravelly voice of a smoker.
    — Michael M. Phillips, WSJ, 23 Sep. 2017
  • Dyche's gruff, gravelly tone and slick amber hair is enough alone to deserve respect.
    — James Masters, CNN, 6 Aug. 2019
  • Brown's gravelly voice, messy salt-and-pepper mane and Velcro black sneakers aren't an act.
    — Jason Williams, Cincinnati.com, 6 July 2018
  • Between numbers, the local singer paused and in a gravelly drawl, beseeched the crowd to be thankful.
    — Michael Democker, NOLA.com, 24 Oct. 2017
  • Between numbers, the local singer paused and in a gravelly drawl, beseeched the crowd to be thankful.
    — Jonathan O'Connell, Washington Post, 22 Oct. 2017
  • Chain, who repeatedly pulled at his long, dark hair that was dyed magenta at the ends, thanked the judge in a deep gravelly voice.
    — Fox News, 31 Aug. 2018
  • The operation removed a piece of his neck and changed the tone of his voice, deepening it and giving it a gravelly sound.
    — Susannah Cullinane, CNN, 29 Mar. 2020
  • This Mediterranean herb likes the heat but not the humidity, so make certain to plant it in full sun in sandy or gravelly soil.
    — Michelle Darrisaw, Southern Living, 1 Mar. 2026
  • This Mediterranean herb likes the heat but not the humidity, so make certain to plant it in full sun in sandy or gravelly soil.
    — Michelle Darrisaw, Southern Living, 25 June 2026
  • From far above, the area around Yanghai cemetery looks like a collection of ground-dwelling wasp dens, drilled into a gravelly desert.
    — Sarah Scoles, Discover Magazine, 9 Jan. 2018
  • The once-uplifting production takes a dark turn and has gravelly layers grind against one another.
    — David Rishty, Billboard, 21 June 2017
  • Kiefer Sutherland, with his gravelly voice and creepy calm, could really imbue a cheesy line with gravitas.
    — Willa Paskin, Slate Magazine, 3 Feb. 2017
  • His signature graced the side of the city’s fanciest casino and his gravelly voice greeted callers to the hotel.
    — Christopher Palmeri, Bloomberg.com, 7 Feb. 2018
  • There was the gravelly bottom of Lake Granby barely 3 feet below the bottom edge of the ice.
    — Joe Cermele, Outdoor Life, 28 Jan. 2020
  • Thanks to the song's simple production, Harry's gravelly and soulful voice is front and center.
    — Noelle Devoe, Seventeen, 5 May 2017
  • At the base of a precipitous gravelly roadway, the procession stopped.
    — Manuel Roig-Franzia, Washington Post, 20 Oct. 2017
  • While gravelly trails lead down from the Schilthorn, casual hikers prefer taking the cable car down to Birg station.
    — Rick Steves' Europe, The Seattle Times, 20 June 2017
  • Spend time with Taylor and the hours slip away in these kinds of conversations, narrated by the gentle, gravelly tenor of his familiar voice.
    — Raisa Bruner, Time, 6 Feb. 2020
  • But the effort felt half-baked, marred by an infuriating driver interface and the gravelly engine sound, so loud and coarse just keeping up with traffic.
    — Michael Simari, Car and Driver, 31 Jan. 2018
  • This is the gravelly voice-over of Henry Hill speaking dutifully about downtown theater!
    — Hunter Harris, Vulture, 27 May 2022
  • They are generally found on dry or gravelly alkaline soils in both the eastern and western parts of North America.
    — Paul Cappiello, The Courier-Journal, 24 Apr. 2020
  • His music, spiced with his gravelly vocals, was a gumbo of blues, R&B, rock and with a bit of New Orleans voodoo thrown in for good measure.
    — Jim Cheng, USA TODAY, 6 June 2019
  • Here, families and tourists stroll, relax, dine, shop, listen to crooning buskers and bands or pop down to the gravelly beach for a dip in Black Sea waters warmed by the summer sun.
    — Jeff Opdyke, latimes.com, 23 June 2019
  • The road’s hairpin turns and gravelly washes mean slow going; the trip from Marfa to Chinati Hot Springs will likely take around two hours.
    — Eva Frederick, Travel + Leisure, 13 Apr. 2026
  • The road’s hairpin turns and gravelly washes mean slow going; the trip from Marfa to Chinati Hot Springs will likely take around two hours.
    — Eva Frederick, Travel + Leisure, 26 Aug. 2025
  • Though the films were extremely successful, Bale's Batman voice was often criticized and would get even more gravelly and bizarre throughout the three films.
    — Lisa Respers France, CNN, 14 June 2017
  • Announcer Jess Gomez screamed a gravelly question to the fans waiting for football to start at Herriman High.
    — Alex Vejar, The Salt Lake Tribune, 14 Aug. 2020

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