gravelly

adjective grav·el·ly \ ˈgrav-lē , ˈgra-və- \

|Updated on: 18 Jun 2018

Examples: gravelly in a Sentence

Definition of gravelly

1 : of, containing, or covered with gravel

2 : having a rough or grating sound

a gravelly voice

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Examples of gravelly in a Sentence

his singing voice is a little gravelly, but otherwise he's a fine musician

Recent Examples of gravelly from the Web

The incoherence was exacerbated by the voice, a gravelly smoker’s baritone.

— oanh ngo usadi, The Christian Science Monitor, "Learning English with a drawl," 30 May 2018
On a literal level, that’s all the two were fighting about: just 20 feet of gravelly beach.

— chris colin, Outside Online, "Drawing a Line in the Sand Over River Rights," 30 May 2018
Earlier this year, model Adwoa Aboah lent her body and gravelly British accent to the provocative and political short film Define Beauty: Nipples.

— kate branch, Vogue, "Janet Jackson Takes Home the Billboard Icon Award—And Proves How Far We’ve Come Since Nipplegate," 20 May 2018
The rock plate stood up to hours of bushwhacking with a 60-pound pack in Colorado’s Park Range, and the fat lugs on the Vibram outsole gave us confidence on slick roots and gravelly paths.

— Outside Online, "The Best Trail Shoes of 2018," 15 May 2018
Smallmouth – good from the main lake halfway back in the creeks using a Ned rig on outside of bushes and along gravelly points; largemouth – a majority are in spawning pockets along gravelly flats in the backs of creeks, try using a swimbait.

— tyler mahoney special to the star, kansascity, "Outdoors report: Improved fishing prospects, and a Missouri turkey tally | The Kansas City Star," 9 May 2018
For Brown, his breezy, conversational-style of campaigning and down-to-earth persona punctuated with his gravelly voice has allowed him to stay in the Senate since 2007.

— scott wartman, Cincinnati.com, "Ohio U.S. Senate race: Jim Renacci vs. Sherrod Brown is populist vs. populist," 8 May 2018
Empirical Spirits operates out of a 5,400-square-foot former shipbuilding facility on a gravelly peninsula east of Copenhagen’s center.

— howie khan, WSJ, "A Fresh Take on Liquor From Two Noma Alums," 25 Apr. 2018
Asuaje has improved the old-fashioned way — with hard work, especially on defense, on the gravelly infields in the Dominican Republic two winters ago and this past offseason on the community fields near his South Florida home.

— kevin acee, sandiegouniontribune.com, "Carlos Asuaje respects, doesn't accept role on Padres," 24 Apr. 2018

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