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Recent Examples of throaty Just as noteworthy is the V-6's revised exhaust note, which thrums more deeply than before and lends this big Lincoln an appropriately throaty voice that could (almost) be mistaken for a burbling V-8's. Mike Sutton, Car and Driver, 4 Mar. 2022 As if on cue, the Estonian psychologist, Alar, vomited into his bucket, setting off a domino effect of throaty purges around the room. Aaron Gilbreath, Longreads, 29 Apr. 2011 Metro Detroit’s Woodward Avenue, suburban twisties and country roads were suddenly full of spring songbirds: the sharp call of the Porsche flat-six, the gurgling growl of the Mustang V-8, the throaty bark of the Corvette. cleveland, 30 May 2020 Ease off the throttle and the engine is a different animal, sinking to a wavering, slightly throaty, but otherwise normal idle, at 700 rpm. Don Schroeder, Car and Driver, 25 May 2020 See All Example Sentences for throaty
Recent Examples of Synonyms for throaty
Adjective
  • For most of his first 10 songs, Costello’s singing was ragged and hoarse.
    George Varga, San Diego Union-Tribune, 25 June 2025
  • Screamed himself hoarse and still tried calling for his brother.
    Maria Morava, MSNBC Newsweek, 17 June 2025
Adjective
  • There's something nice about having a deep repertoire of your own music that means something to your audience.
    Ed Masley, USA Today, 14 Aug. 2025
  • With 13 starters back, including eight on offense, could this be the year Colleyville Heritage makes another deep run in the postseason?
    Cody Thorn, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 14 Aug. 2025
Adjective
  • Faced with this existential crisis, Bull gathers his best pals—Rocco, a gruff boxer (Idris Elba); Lucky, a dopey but loyal beagle (Bobby Moynihan); and Fetch, a wannabe influencer dachshund (Fred Armisen)—for one final night of canine mischief.
    Travis Bean, Forbes.com, 1 Aug. 2025
  • Though polar opposites, together, Leonard and Bitchy have seen it all; the gruff Bitchy serves as the play’s agitator, pitting him opposite Leonard, the conscience and Greek chorus.
    Duante Beddingfield, Freep.com, 30 July 2025
Adjective
  • The exception may be the size of the potato gnocchi, husky rectangles of creamy potato dumplings in a lemon butter sauce, circling jumbo lump crab morsels dappled with chives.
    Beth D'Addono, Southern Living, 4 Aug. 2025
  • 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
Adjective
  • The brand recommends starting on the lowest intensity level and adjusting as needed.
    Conçetta Ciarlo, Vogue, 8 Aug. 2025
  • Already, two-thirds of people live in a country with birth rates too low to sustain their populations over time.
    Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 8 Aug. 2025

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“Throaty.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/throaty. Accessed 20 Aug. 2025.

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