How to Use hoarse in a Sentence

hoarse

adjective
  • The cold made me a little hoarse.
  • She could only speak in a hoarse whisper.
  • Tears have been shed, throats have been screamed hoarse.
    — Kyle Feldscher, CNN Money, 10 Mar. 2026
  • Her voice was hoarse, her schedule packed.
    — Karen Brooks Harper austin Bureau, Dallas Morning News, 26 Feb. 2026
  • Now, though, all of those guys were sounding kind of… hoarse.
    — Brian Hiatt, Rolling Stone, 14 July 2024
  • And when your voice goes hoarse, hang your flags, wear your keffiyeh.
    — Ellise Shafer, Variety, 18 Sep. 2025
  • Your voice may be hoarse, and your throat may be sore, inflamed, or painful.
    — Sherri Gordon, Health, 1 Sep. 2024
  • Christina Norstein was hoarse, her nose swollen by mask marks.
    — Khadeeja Safdar, WSJ, 1 Apr. 2020
  • Biden's voice was hoarse and raspy from the start Thursday night.
    — Laura Schulte, Journal Sentinel, 27 June 2024
  • His voice is hoarse with age but still has a tenor’s vibrancy.
    — Sophie Neiman, The Christian Science Monitor, 18 Sep. 2023
  • A couple of them had gone hoarse from telling the stories so many times.
    — Star Tribune, 24 Oct. 2020
  • Suddenly, what had been her sweet, warm voice turned hoarse and cold.
    — Souvankham Thammavongsa, The New Yorker, 6 June 2022
  • His own voice sounds hoarse and nasty to him, the voice of a gloomy oracle.
    — Literary Hub, 9 Mar. 2026
  • One of them, fist raised to the sky, let out a long yell, the hoarse shout of a gold panner.
    — Literary Hub, 12 Jan. 2026
  • Once a dog's vocal cords have been removed its bark is said to sound more like a hoarse cough.
    — Lisa Gutierrez, kansascity, 30 May 2018
  • Chris continued to search the next day and night, his throat hoarse from yelling his son’s name.
    — Capi Lynn, oregonlive, 12 Sep. 2020
  • His voice was still hoarse from Lopez’s election night party.
    — Gustavo Arellano, Los Angeles Times, 21 Nov. 2023
  • Pat Casey’s eyes well and his voice grows hoarse in recalling the scene.
    — SI.com, 16 May 2018
  • When a reporter reached her by phone a week later, her voice sounded hoarse.
    — Charlotte Observer, 29 Oct. 2025
  • Others walked home sunburned, hoarse and still dressed in blue and orange.
    — C.j. Holmes, New York Daily News, 18 June 2026
  • Biden appeared weak, with a hoarse voice and stumbling through some of his answers.
    — Candy Woodall, Baltimore Sun, 28 June 2024
  • Biden's response is marked by long pauses, and his voice appears hoarse at times.
    — Ryan Sprouse, CBS News, 16 May 2025
  • My breath catches in my throat, and my words come out sounding strangely low and hoarse.
    — Lizz Schumer, Peoplemag, 6 July 2024
  • One of them paced, her voice hoarse with screaming, among the many adults who’d responded.
    — Star Tribune, 1 Sep. 2020
  • Bryant was a bit hoarse after his first four days of practice, gobbling cough drops to soothe his throat.
    — Julia Poe, Chicago Tribune, 6 July 2022
  • Give Palestine your voice, and when your voice goes hoarse, hang your flags, wear your keffiyeh.
    — Thomas Smith, Billboard, 18 Sep. 2025
  • His usually peppy voice is hoarse.
    — Ethan Shanfeld, Variety, 26 Apr. 2026
  • And then every man, woman and child who wore the red and white rose and shouted themselves hoarse.
    — al, 22 Nov. 2021
  • On Tuesday, Legans’ voice was still hoarse from coaching three games in four days.
    — Bill Oram, oregonlive, 30 Nov. 2022
  • Most in the away end were hoarse by that stage, but a special roar was reserved for Worrall.
    — Nick Miller, The Athletic, 22 Aug. 2024

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