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- adjective
superlative form ofhoarse : mosthoarse .
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Examples
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The hoarsest voice choked a desperately simple “Why?” answered only by fresh weeping.
High School Confidential Jeremy Iversen 2006
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Tarik's voice was too dry for more than the hoarsest of shouts, "Run!"
Dragon's Fire McCaffrey, Anne 2006
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“More,” she said in her hoarsest whisper, so I went on reading.
No More Words Reeve Lindbergh 2001
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“More,” she said in her hoarsest whisper, so I went on reading.
No More Words Reeve Lindbergh 2001
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Billy had crept to the trap, and in his hoarsest tones, had spoken, while the men sprung to their feet at his words, and glancing upward saw the threatening revolver.
Beadle's Boy's Library of Sport, Story and Adventure, Vol. I, No. 1. Adventures of Buffalo Bill from Boyhood to Manhood Prentiss Ingraham
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Croaker in his hoarsest voice, so that it sounded like distant thunder.
Bully and Bawly No-Tail Howard Roger Garis 1917
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“Oh, I hardly know,” said the old frog gentleman in his hoarsest, deepest, thundering, croaking voice.
Bully and Bawly No-Tail Howard Roger Garis 1917
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“Yes, get right away from here, if you please!” said Grandpa Croaker in his deepest, hoarsest, rumbling, grumbling, thunder-voice.
Bully and Bawly No-Tail Howard Roger Garis 1917
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There were some of the biggest and hoarsest-voiced ones about the cliff that
The Life of John Ruskin Collingwood, W G 1911
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"Will you take a hint, or do you need a kick?" he bellowed, in his hoarsest tone.
Frank Merriwell's Bravery Burt L. Standish 1905
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