Examples of 'breathy' in a sentence

Meaning of "breathy"

When something is described as 'breathy', it means that it is spoken or sung in a soft, whispered, or husky manner, often with audible breaths between words
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  • Accompanied by audible breathing.

How to use "breathy" in a sentence

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The breathy cadence of her sleeping children.
Low tone is often accompanied by breathy voice.
The breathy cadence for sleeping children.
Spears sings the song with breathy vocals.
So keep your breathy thoughts to yourself.
The second trick is making your voice breathy.
Your voice gets breathy when you are reassuring.
I asked and my voice sounded breathy.
While the breathy vowels are pronounced at a lower pitch.
He called again in a slightly breathy voice.
The breathy voiced glottal fricative is sometimes spelled h.
The phonemic status of the breathy voiced series is debatable.
Breathy voice chief shepherd.
A number of languages use breathy voicing in a phonologically contrastive way.
You sound a bit breathy.

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Abdul sings in breathy vocals over an uptempo electronic beat.
Your voice gets a little breathy when you lie.
But also more breathy and a better transmission of emotion.
Karlgren assumed that voiced consonants were actually breathy voiced.
He got all breathy and the hairs in his nostrils became horribly agitated.
A woman left a message on my phone machine with kind of a breathy voice.
Not so breathy.
It is better instead to swallow or clear your throat gently in a breathy manner.
Breathy Tone is a technique of playing a special sound.
It was also a little breathy.
They are recognized for their breathy vocals as noticed within their debut recording Lucid Thinking.
They are not breathy.
Some breathy chick named Sydney.
And be more breathy.
Breathy gasp Thank you ever so.
Her voice was very abrupt and breathy when she read.
Breathy voice I am a spooky ghost.
Others have a contrast between those types and also breathy vowels.
Breathy voice Pete.
The lowering of the larynx sometimes adds a breathy quality to the vowel.
MAN breathy whisper.
Learning to put on lipstick and talk in a breathy whisper is your idea of fun.
Sinister shouts scare the listener before the intruder begins to speak with a breathy voice.
Of these, only modal and breathy are phonologically contrastive.
Jalapa is unique among the Mazatec languages in distinguishing breathy vowels.
I make a small, breathy sound as we dance.
Voice impairment, hoarse or excessively breathy voice.
Every breathy endearment, every tweak of your rosy nipple.
You know I like the breathy ones.
He tries to get too breathy and emotional at times and it doesn't sell well.
Everytime " is a pop ballad with breathy vocals.
Er… she becomes breathy and skittish around him, and a moisture forms on her brows.
Register 2 vowels also have a slight breathy voicing.
His voice usually had a soft, breathy tone and was accompanied by ethereal musical notes.
The infant's cry is very weak and breathy.

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