as in hoarse
harsh and dry in sound
after his bout with laryngitis, he had a terribly gravel voice
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as in to baffle
to throw into a state of mental uncertainty
managed to gravel his opponent in the debate by focusing on atypical examples
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Recent Examples of gravel
Lori A Bashian, FOXNews.com, 18 June 2025
Giro d’Italia key takeaways: Yates’ patience, the beauty of gravel – and did UAE throw away the race?
—Jacob Whitehead, New York Times, 14 June 2025
Adam Moore, Outdoor Life, 23 Jan. 2023
After the ceremony, a gravel pathway lined with pink flowers led guests to a lush garden and lake.
—Alexandra MacOn, Vogue, 20 Jan. 2023
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Adjective
The view from the room featured a gravel courtyard with big bushes and trees, with a grass field visible in the background.
—Lori A Bashian, FOXNews.com, 18 June 2025
Giro d’Italia key takeaways: Yates’ patience, the beauty of gravel – and did UAE throw away the race?
—Jacob Whitehead, New York Times, 14 June 2025
Verb
Past an old logging gate, a gravel road snakes through a young stand of pine.
—Adam Moore, Outdoor Life, 23 Jan. 2023
After the ceremony, a gravel pathway lined with pink flowers led guests to a lush garden and lake.
—Alexandra MacOn, Vogue, 20 Jan. 2023
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for gravel
Adjective
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Signs someone has swallowed a button battery include: noisy breathing, coughing, drooling, difficulty swallowing, a hoarse voice, vomiting, chest or abdominal pain, and gagging, coughing or choking with eating or drinking.—
Meredith Wilshere,
People.com,
8 June 2025
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But the festive atmosphere dissipated immediately after Mr. Biden, pale and hoarse, shuffled onto the stage in Atlanta and began stumbling through his answers.—
Annie Karni,
New York Times,
17 Jan. 2025
Verb
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When Burrell wasn’t tapped to join the show’s 28th season in January — after playing a central role in the first 27 — viewers were appalled and even Burrell was baffled.—
Joseph Wilkinson,
New York Daily News,
18 June 2025
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Many bat species live for 20 to 40 years, in the wild or in captivity, baffling scientists.—
Jenny Lehmann,
Discover Magazine,
17 June 2025
Noun
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San Clemente, like most Southern California coastal cities, needs more sand to restore its eroding beaches.—
Phil Diehl,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
30 June 2025
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The waterproof mesh material resists water and allows sand to fall through, keeping the interior clean.—
Jené Luciani Sena
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FOXNews.com,
28 June 2025
Adjective
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Eric Bauman, a gruff and tireless political operative who led two of California’s most powerful Democratic organizations before resigning amid misconduct allegations, died Monday.—
Laura J. Nelson,
Los Angeles Times,
18 June 2025
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Cross-examination from the defense’s gruff Xavier Donaldson will continue first thing Tuesday when the trial picks up again.—
Dominic Patten,
Deadline,
12 May 2025
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Particularly in the Eastern Conference, where the window continues to widen because of nightmare injuries, free agency departures, and puzzling decisions to fire head coaches (looking at you, Knicks).—
Shane Young,
Forbes.com,
1 July 2025
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There is a small and puzzling group of contract manufacturers — Flex , Celestica and Jabil — with stock moves that defy logic.—
Jim Cramer,
CNBC,
30 June 2025
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Now, his triumph signifies a continuation of some red-hot form as tennis transitions from clay to grass.—
Leon Imber,
New York Times,
22 June 2025
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The 2009 discovery of footprints (human and animal) left behind in layers of clay and silt at New Mexico’s White Sands National Park sparked a contentious debate about when, exactly, human cultures first developed in North America.—
ArsTechnica,
ArsTechnica,
18 June 2025
Adjective
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Pictures of husky puppy Kiss who is now in the care of Austin Pets Alive!—
Alice Gibbs,
MSNBC Newsweek,
1 June 2025
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Fred Clemens, the lodge owner, told us that a few big bass had been caught in Grassy Bay, also some husky channel cats running to 12 pounds.—
Don Shiner,
Outdoor Life,
14 May 2025
Verb
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The man is Jack Ryan, not to be confused with the Jack Ryan dreamed up by Tom Clancy.—
Anthony Lane,
New Yorker,
30 June 2025
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Fun fact: Ferdinando de’ Medici, Grand Prince of Tuscany, as a patron of the arts Ferdinando de’ Medici, Grand Prince of Tuscany (not to be confused with his ancestor Ferdinando I de’ Medici, the second Grand Duke of Tuscany), was both a patron of musicians and a talented performer himself.—
Aurora Martínez,
Smithsonian Magazine,
27 June 2025
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“Gravel.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/gravel. Accessed 5 Jul. 2025.
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