Definition of Hoarsening

1. Verb. (present participle of hoarsen) ¹

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Definition of Hoarsening

1. hoarsen [v] - See also: hoarsen

Lexicographical Neighbors of Hoarsening

hoarhound
hoarhounds
hoarier
hoariest
hoarily
hoariness
hoarinesses
hoaring
hoars
hoarse
hoarsely
hoarsen
hoarsened
hoarseness
hoarsenesses
hoarsening (current term)
hoarsens
hoarser
hoarsest
hoarstone
hoarstones
hoary
hoary alison
hoary alyssum
hoary golden bush
hoary marmot
hoary marmots
hoary pea
hoary plantain
hoary puccoon

Literary usage of Hoarsening

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Poems of American History by Burton Egbert Stevenson (1908)
"... When our broadsides flash and ring at last — in a hoarsening, staggering crush On the arsenal and fleet in wrath our lurid Montojo fights as fought the ..."

2. The Conversion of the Roman Empire: The Boyle Lectures for the Year 1864 by Charles Merivale (1879)
"Another and a wilder scene will shortly be presented to us—a scene of desolation and dismay and frenzy; of prayer hoarsening into imprecation; ..."

3. The Conversion of the Roman Empire: The Boyle Lectures for the Year 1864 by Charles Merivale (1865)
"Another and a wilder scene will shortly be presented to us—a scene of desolation and dismay and frenzy; of prayer hoarsening into imprecation; ..."

4. Paragraph-writing by Joseph Villiers Denney, Fred Newton Scott (1893)
"Another and a wilder scene will shortly be presented to us —-a scene of desolation and dismay and frenzy ; of prayer hoarsening into imprecation ; of the ..."

5. The Visions of England by Francis Turner Palgrave (1881)
"... 'twixt eve and day; Searing the fount of tears In that hell-heat, and hoarsening the cry Of those who watch'd the Ganges-brimming jars In fiendish mock ..."

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