gravel-voiced

adjective

1. speaking in a rough and rasping tone

Example Sentences

In Sacramento as an Assembly member, the gravel-voiced Alatorre pushed through bills on prison reform, bilingual services and farmworker rights.

From Los Angeles Times

But when the Los Angeles Times visited his Cyprus operation in mid-February, he brimmed with his trademark gravel-voiced enthusiasm.

From Los Angeles Times

On Monday, the gravel-voiced 69-year-old scion of the storied Kennedy family is expected to add another line to his political resume: independent presidential candidate.

From Washington Times

But, as his gravel-voiced gravitas suggests, Olmos doesn’t perform for the paparazzi.

From Los Angeles Times

Perlman, the hulking, gravel-voiced actor of “Hellboy,” leaned into the camera in a since-deleted Instagram live video to vent his anger.

From Washington Times