How to Use gravelly in a Sentence

gravelly

adjective
  • Across the gravelly road, about 20 black birds were perched on the telephone wires.
    — Michael A. Gonzales, The Root, 25 Mar. 2018
  • They were met with the gravelly voice of an unknown man on the other end.
    — Heather Kelly, Washington Post, 13 July 2022
  • Their mother, Kathy, was a nurse who spoke with the gravelly voice of a smoker.
    — Michael M. Phillips, WSJ, 23 Sep. 2017
  • Wild columbine is a fine choice for a gravelly slope, rock ledge, or rock garden.
    — BostonGlobe.com, 29 May 2022
  • There was the gravelly bottom of Lake Granby barely 3 feet below the bottom edge of the ice.
    — Joe Cermele, Outdoor Life, 28 Jan. 2020
  • The fat was rendered to its golden sweet spot, and the bark gave off the gravelly growl of salt, pepper and something savory ($11.25 per half-pound).
    — Mike Sutter, ExpressNews.com, 7 Jan. 2021
  • Between numbers, the local singer paused and in a gravelly drawl, beseeched the crowd to be thankful.
    — Michael Democker, NOLA.com, 24 Oct. 2017
  • Between numbers, the local singer paused and in a gravelly drawl, beseeched the crowd to be thankful.
    — Michael Democker, NOLA.com, 24 Oct. 2017
  • Between numbers, the local singer paused and in a gravelly drawl, beseeched the crowd to be thankful.
    — Michael Democker, NOLA.com, 24 Oct. 2017
  • Between numbers, the local singer paused and in a gravelly drawl, beseeched the crowd to be thankful.
    — Michael Democker, NOLA.com, 24 Oct. 2017
  • Between numbers, the local singer paused and in a gravelly drawl, beseeched the crowd to be thankful.
    — Jonathan O'Connell, Washington Post, 22 Oct. 2017
  • Between numbers, the local singer paused and in a gravelly drawl, beseeched the crowd to be thankful.
    — Michael Democker, NOLA.com, 24 Oct. 2017
  • Between numbers, the local singer paused and in a gravelly drawl, beseeched the crowd to be thankful.
    — Michael Democker, NOLA.com, 24 Oct. 2017
  • On a literal level, that’s all the two were fighting about: just 20 feet of gravelly beach.
    — Chris Colin, Outside Online, 30 May 2018
  • Brown's gravelly voice, messy salt-and-pepper mane and Velcro black sneakers aren't an act.
    — Jason Williams, Cincinnati.com, 6 July 2018
  • Chain, who repeatedly pulled at his long, dark hair that was dyed magenta at the ends, thanked the judge in a deep gravelly voice.
    — Fox News, 31 Aug. 2018
  • The operation removed a piece of his neck and changed the tone of his voice, deepening it and giving it a gravelly sound.
    — Susannah Cullinane, CNN, 29 Mar. 2020
  • His music, spiced with his gravelly vocals, was a gumbo of blues, R&B, rock and with a bit of New Orleans voodoo thrown in for good measure.
    — Jim Cheng, USA TODAY, 6 June 2019
  • From far above, the area around Yanghai cemetery looks like a collection of ground-dwelling wasp dens, drilled into a gravelly desert.
    — Sarah Scoles, Discover Magazine, 9 Jan. 2018
  • The rock plate stood up to hours of bushwhacking with a 60-pound pack in Colorado’s Park Range, and the fat lugs on the Vibram outsole gave us confidence on slick roots and gravelly paths.
    — Outside Online, 15 May 2018
  • Dyche's gruff, gravelly tone and slick amber hair is enough alone to deserve respect.
    — James Masters, CNN, 6 Aug. 2019
  • Here, families and tourists stroll, relax, dine, shop, listen to crooning buskers and bands or pop down to the gravelly beach for a dip in Black Sea waters warmed by the summer sun.
    — Jeff Opdyke, latimes.com, 23 June 2019
  • His signature graced the side of the city’s fanciest casino and his gravelly voice greeted callers to the hotel.
    — Christopher Palmeri, Bloomberg.com, 7 Feb. 2018
  • Among the striking black-and-white photographs on view from her first show, in 1954: a mysterious beach shot in which a child gazes at a dead goat in the gravelly foreground, while a man looks out to sea.
    — The New Yorker, 31 Mar. 2017
  • Thanks to the song's simple production, Harry's gravelly and soulful voice is front and center.
    — Noelle Devoe, Seventeen, 5 May 2017
  • Thanks to the song's simple production, Harry's gravelly and soulful voice is front and center.
    — Noelle Devoe, Seventeen, 5 May 2017
  • While gravelly trails lead down from the Schilthorn, casual hikers prefer taking the cable car down to Birg station.
    — Rick Steves' Europe, The Seattle Times, 20 June 2017
  • Announcer Jess Gomez screamed a gravelly question to the fans waiting for football to start at Herriman High.
    — Alex Vejar, The Salt Lake Tribune, 14 Aug. 2020
  • Spend time with Taylor and the hours slip away in these kinds of conversations, narrated by the gentle, gravelly tenor of his familiar voice.
    — Raisa Bruner, Time, 6 Feb. 2020
  • At the base of a precipitous gravelly roadway, the procession stopped.
    — Manuel Roig-Franzia, Washington Post, 20 Oct. 2017

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