guttural

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Recent Examples of guttural One such problem is a too-common vocal style that is expressed in guttural growls, making lyrics difficult to decipher — at least for me. Mikal Gilmore, Rolling Stone, 30 Mar. 2025 War within a war Rosalinda Cabanillas lets out a guttural wail that echoes across the entire cemetery. Isobel Yeung, CNN Money, 2 May 2025 Grief arrives in waves — sometimes in quiet tears, sometimes in guttural sobs, sometimes in the simple, brutal ache of reaching for your phone to text her, only to remember a painstaking reality. Carissa Talmage, People.com, 2 May 2025 In Song of myself, Walt Whitman describes it as the barbaric yawp, which is just this guttural expression of emotion. Outside Online, 9 Apr. 2025 See All Example Sentences for guttural
Recent Examples of Synonyms for guttural
Adjective
  • 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
  • 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
Adjective
  • Pictures of husky puppy Kiss who is now in the care of Austin Pets Alive!
    Alice Gibbs, MSNBC Newsweek, 1 June 2025
  • 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
Adjective
  • In the clip, the animals tussle on a bed, Moose making playful growling noises as he and Peach play-fight, Moose using his mouth and Peach giving it all with his paws.
    Matt Robison, Newsweek, 18 Feb. 2025
  • The world's complex environmental issues demand open minds, fresh perspectives, and less growling.
    Keith Kloor, Discover Magazine, 22 June 2012
Adjective
  • 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
  • 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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“Guttural.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/guttural. Accessed 2 Jul. 2025.

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