adjective
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ NOUN
voice
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A gruff voice commanded us to enter.
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You listen to his gruff voice giving orders to his crew as they row him out to his ketch.
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He heard a man's gruff voice and a loud slap, followed by familiar lilting laughter.
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The victim said he stood out because of his short size and deep, gruff voice .
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
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"If this happens again,'' said Dad, in a gruff voice, "I shall be extremely angry!''
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Dad can be gruff and impatient at times.
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He was an irritable old man, who seldom spoke except to say a gruff hello.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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And when he wept he was not gruff .
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He alarmed us as children: he had a gruff manner, a game leg and a pronounced cast in one eye.
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He muttered gruff compliments and showed his student how to prepare a palette.
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He stared up at the gruff old man who was so kind to him.
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He was kind of gruff and all.
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You listen to his gruff voice giving orders to his crew as they row him out to his ketch.