HOARSE in a Sentence

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89 example sentences for HOARSE, such as:

1. The baby was screaming itself hoarse.
2. I'm rather hoarse this morning, Mrs. Bedwin.
3. All the shouting had left her rather hoarse.
4. She shouted herself hoarse, cheering on the team.
5. 'No imagination,' replied the girl in a hoarse voice.

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 Meanings and Examples of HOARSE
Definition Example Sentence Classic Sentence
hoarse
 a.  having a harsh, rough, grating voice or sound, as when affected with a cold; making a rough, harsh cry or sound
Classic Sentence: (84 in 6 pages)
1  Even as they passed, a great rock came thundering down with a hoarse rattle which woke the echoes in the silent gorges, and startled the weary horses into a gallop.
A Study In Scarlet By Arthur Conan Doyle
Context  Highlight   In PART II: CHAPTER V. THE AVENGING ANGELS
2  A spasm of pain contorted his features; he threw his hands out in front of him, staggered, and then, with a hoarse cry, fell heavily upon the floor.
A Study In Scarlet By Arthur Conan Doyle
Context  Highlight   In PART II: CHAPTER VI. A CONTINUATION OF THE REMINISCENCES OF JOHN W...
3  I am old and my voice is hoarse, but when I have taught you the tune, you can sing it better for yourselves.
Animal Farm By George Orwell
Context  Highlight   In Chapter I
4  The newsboys, as he went, were crying themselves hoarse along the footways: "Special edition."
Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde By Robert Louis Stevenson
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER INCIDENT OF THE LETTER
5  He had declaimed himself into a violent heat, and was as hoarse as he was hot.
Hard Times By Charles Dickens
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 2: CHAPTER IV
6  I'm rather hoarse this morning, Mrs. Bedwin.
Oliver Twist By Charles Dickens
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XII
7  'He's the boy for you, my dear,' replied the Jew in a hoarse whisper; laying his finger on the side of his nose, and grinning frightfully.
Oliver Twist By Charles Dickens
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XIX
8  A dim light shone at intervals from some bed-room window; and the hoarse barking of dogs occasionally broke the silence of the night.
Oliver Twist By Charles Dickens
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XXII
9  'No imagination,' replied the girl in a hoarse voice.
Oliver Twist By Charles Dickens
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XLVI
10  He shouted, too, till he was hoarse; and flying from memory and himself, plunged into the thickest of the throng.
Oliver Twist By Charles Dickens
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XLVIII
11  Then, came a loud knocking at the door, and then a hoarse murmur from such a multitude of angry voices as would have made the boldest quail.
Oliver Twist By Charles Dickens
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER L
12  'In the King's name,' cried the voices without; and the hoarse cry arose again, but louder.
Oliver Twist By Charles Dickens
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER L
13  It swelled up louder and louder, a hoarse yell of pain and fear and anger all mingled in the one dreadful shriek.
The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes By Arthur Conan Doyle
Context  Highlight   In VIII. THE ADVENTURE OF THE SPECKLED BAND
14  The cries, which had sunk down into a hoarse, inarticulate shouting, came from the room which we had first visited.
The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes By Arthur Conan Doyle
Context  Highlight   In VII. The Adventure of The Reigate Squires
15  The man gave a hoarse cry of grief, which rang through the house.
The Return of Sherlock Holmes By Arthur Conan Doyle
Context  Highlight   In III. THE ADVENTURE OF THE DANCING MEN
Example Sentence:
1  The baby was screaming itself hoarse.
2  All the shouting had left her rather hoarse.
3  She shouted herself hoarse, cheering on the team.
4  She crossed her hands on her lap as if she were saying lessons, and began to repeat it, but her voice sounded hoarse and strange.
5  "If everybody minded their own business," the Duchess said in a hoarse growl, "the world would go round a deal faster than it does."