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• I attempted to sing, but my throat was too hoarse.From the entry attempt
• I'm hoarse at the moment and have had to stop writing.1992, Barry Dickins, Post Office Restaurant and Other Stories, page 28. From the entry throat lolly
• From the Malay wayang came ‘Rukun Islam’, sung chirpily by a hoarse female voice.1956, Anthony Burgess, Time for a Tiger (The Malayan Trilogy), published 1972, page 108. From the entry chirpily
• Out in the yard a womanʼs hoarse contralto intoned a hymn.1952, Ralph Ellison, Invisible Man, Penguin Books (2014), page 68. From the entry contralto
• Dull revolver shots—hoarse yells—pound of hoofs—shrill neighs of horses—commingling of echoes—and again silence!1912 January, Zane Grey, “The Fall of Balancing Rock”, in Riders of the Purple Sage […], New York, N.Y.; London: Harper & Brothers…. From the entry commingling
• His voice was hoarse and his unkempt head only added to its grewsome quality.1900, Theodore Dreiser, Sister Carrie. From the entry grewsome
• Indeed a sizeable crowd assembled at a crumbling warehouse and clapped their hands red, cheered themselves hoarse at this strange music.2015, Geraldine Wooller, Trio, Transit Lounge, →ISBN. From the entry clap one's hands red
• McDowell believed that the practice of feeling throat vibrations, to gain more accurate consonants was responsible for developing hoarse voices.1949-1967, Bette La Verne Fauth, Warren Wesley Fauth, A Study of the Proceedings of the Convention of American Instructors of the Deaf…. From the entry overprecision
• Nothing matters here except the occasional sting of a superferocious insect and the far-away hoarse calling of a carrion crow.1946, Noel Mostyn Sedgwick, By Covert Field and Marsh, Herbert Jenkins Limited, page 77. From the entry superferocious
• "Mer-mouse?" he said, in a low, hoarse voice.1935, P. G. Wodehouse, The Luck of the Bodkins. From the entry mer-mouse
• In the yard, beneath the barred window, a man in his shirt sleeves faced the crowd, hoarse, gesticulant.1931, William Faulkner, chapter 29, in Sanctuary, New York: Perennial, page 286. From the entry gesticulant
• But here thou canst not handle aught, neither make the folk ware of thee, not though thou shout thy throat hoarse.1922, E[ric] R[ücker] Eddison, The Worm Ouroboros: A Romance, London: Jonathan Cape […], →OCLC, page 1. From the entry neither
• "That ball!" he cried, in a hoarse and raucous voice.1908, Howard Pyle, “The Terrific Encounter With the One-eyed Little Gentleman in Black”, in The Ruby of Kishmoor, New York, N.Y.; London…. From the entry upon the instant
• The other-worldly silence was now filled by the tsaritsa, and she spoke in a husky, almost hoarse voice: ‘You will come back.2014, Aleksandar Gatalica, translated by Will Firth, “[1917 – the Year of the Tsar] Betrayal, Cowardice and Lies”, in The Great War…. From the entry Vladimirovich
• As he had said, his voice was hoarse, but he sang well enough, and it was a stirring tune, something between 'Clementine' and 'La Cucaracha'.1943 November – 1944 February (date written; published 1945 August 17), George Orwell [pseudonym; Eric Arthur Blair], Animal Farm […]…. From the entry stirring
• He shouted till he was hoarse, and till the sound of his own voice in all that unanswering and listening world began to frighten him.1910, Algernon Blackwood, The Wendigo. From the entry unanswering
• He walked to the edge and they heard his hoarse guffaw of laughter as the arrows clanged and clattered against his impenetrable mail.1905–1906, Arthur Conan Doyle, chapter XX, in Sir Nigel, London: Smith, Elder & Co., […], published January 1906, →OCLC. From the entry guffaw
• The previous Elantra had three problems: The steering hero-worshiped Novocain, occupants grew hoarse from shouting over road noise, and large potholes betrayed a lack of structure.2016 April 28, Tom Voelk, “Video Review: Hyundai Elantra Offers Fewer Curves, but a Better Ride”, in The New York Times, archived from the…. From the entry pothole
• I dreamed of playing the last girl left alive in a slasher film — the one who screams herself hoarse as she discovers her friends' bodies one by one.2009, Niki Flynn, Dances with Werewolves, page 8. From the entry drug
• He looked up and out a moment as there came to his ear, dully but unmistakably above the roar of the engine, the hoarse "woof" of a bursting anti-aircraft shell.1918, Boyd Cable [pseudonym], “Bring Home the ’Bus”, in Air Men o’ War, London: John Murray, […], →OCLC, page 14. From the entry woof

Meaning of hoarse

1. adjective Having a dry, harsh tone to the voice, as a result of a sore throat, age, emotion, etc.
2. verb To utter hoarsely; to croak.

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Questions about hoarse in a sentence

How do you use hoarse in a sentence?

Hoarse is used as an adjective and verb. For example: “I attempted to sing, but my throat was too hoarse.”

What is a short sentence with hoarse?

“"See anything, mum?" she hoarsed.”

What does hoarse mean?

Hoarse means having a dry, harsh tone to the voice, as a result of a sore throat, age, emotion, etc.