throaty

• “But she had said the word with throaty fondness, making it a term of endearment.”

  Simon & Schuster: Every little thing in the world

• “In real life he is called throaty, and given a level spoonful of that nauseous compound known as common sense.”

  Gone to Earth

• “I really can't describe the noises somebody's stomach is making as either "throaty" or "gutteral" without being unintentionally humorous, can I?”

  i can feel it in my bones. i'm going to spend my whole life alone.

• “They both laughed the kind of throaty chuckle I've heard from women, in the dark, with a new man.”

  Too Many Spies Spoil The Case

• “The heroine's last name is pronounced Gorgeous (which, after all, means "throaty").”

  Gorgeous Sills

• “Another cry which demands immediate attention, and the faithful carrying out of the doctor's orders, is the hoarse, "throaty" cry indicative of croup or bronchitis.”

  The Mother and Her Child

• “So very common is the "throaty" tone and so connected is throat pressure with every other vocal imperfection, that the avoiding or the correcting of this one fault demands constant watchfulness in all vigorous vocal work.”

  Public Speaking

• “He made a revoltingly inhuman sound as he shambled away, a kind of throaty yelp.”

  The Wonder

• “The old birds make a kind of throaty chuckling to their young, but if they have any love song I have not heard it.”

  The Land of Little Rain

• “The "throaty" voice comes from singing with the throat insufficiently opened, so that the breath does not pass easily through the nose and head cavities and, again, from not attacking the tone deeply enough.”

  Caruso and Tetrazzini on the Art of Singing

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