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as in hoarse
harsh and dry in sound
her voice was scratchy from a cold
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Recent Examples of scratchy
For every high-quality pair, there’s a dozen more with flimsy fasteners, scratchy fabric, and a poor fit.
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Sara Coughlin, SELF, 2 July 2025
Say goodbye to the scratchy feel and five o’clock shadow.
—Nia Bowers, USA Today, 23 June 2025
This one attaches easily to your carry-on and spares you from those scratchy airline blankets.
—Rosie Marder, Travel + Leisure, 30 May 2025
For example, dry air, smoking, or exposure to secondhand smoke often lead to a scratchy throat and hoarseness.
—Laura Dorwart, Verywell Health, 12 May 2025
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Sara Coughlin, SELF, 2 July 2025
Say goodbye to the scratchy feel and five o’clock shadow.
—Nia Bowers, USA Today, 23 June 2025
This one attaches easily to your carry-on and spares you from those scratchy airline blankets.
—Rosie Marder, Travel + Leisure, 30 May 2025
For example, dry air, smoking, or exposure to secondhand smoke often lead to a scratchy throat and hoarseness.
—Laura Dorwart, Verywell Health, 12 May 2025
See All Example Sentences for scratchy
Recent Examples of Synonyms for scratchy
Adjective
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The vastness of the canyon, with its jagged edges and rushing rivers.—
Shelby Slade,
AZCentral.com,
16 July 2025
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Major stock indexes continued their jagged descent downward in morning trading Tuesday after tumbling Monday.—
Tobias Burns,
The Hill,
9 July 2025
Adjective
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People will likely find this irritating and exasperating, but the friction created will be worth the outcome, consisting of hopefully preventing people from being lulled into thinking the AI is divine.—
Lance Eliot,
Forbes.com,
11 July 2025
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If certain emulsifiers are especially gentle on the gut, the food industry could use them to replace the ones that might be more irritating.—
Yasmin Tayag,
The Atlantic,
25 June 2025
Adjective
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For most of his first 10 songs, Costello’s singing was ragged and hoarse.—
George Varga,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
25 June 2025
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Screamed himself hoarse and still tried calling for his brother.—
Maria Morava,
MSNBC Newsweek,
17 June 2025
Adjective
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However, women's health tech and privacy is a thorny issue.—
Emily Forlini,
PC Magazine,
11 July 2025
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That said, the negative reputation surrounding the last lines in Jones’ thorny adaptation — a punch-up from Ellison’s original text that’s meaner and more sexist, no doubt — seems outsized.—
Alison Foreman,
IndieWire,
11 July 2025
Adjective
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Bill Pogue’s family and friends knew him as a thoughtful, deeply sensitive man, despite his reputation as a gruff, stern, wildlife officer.—
Jim Zumbo,
Outdoor Life,
17 July 2025
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Who leaves us echoes — gruff, brilliant, unrepeatable — half legend, half lullaby.—
Lauren Huff,
EW.com,
11 July 2025
Adjective
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Head coach Sean Payton was predictably prickly about any notion of contract discussions.—
Luca Evans,
Denver Post,
23 July 2025
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In response to this ambition, a countermovement has arisen, a prickly resistance to the idea of removing creativity from human hands.—
Steven Zeitchik,
HollywoodReporter,
16 July 2025
Adjective
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Hank’s son Bobby is no longer a husky middle-schooler, but a 21-year-old running his own Japanese-German fusion restaurant in Dallas, for instance.—
Alan Sepinwall,
Rolling Stone,
30 July 2025
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The 2006 adventure film revolves around a team of husky sled dogs struggling to survive in Antarctica after a devastating snowstorm—and Ilardi quickly realized that Atlas was paying attention.—
Rachael O'Connor,
MSNBC Newsweek,
2 July 2025
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“Scratchy.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/scratchy. Accessed 2 Aug. 2025.
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