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Definition of Hoarsening
1. hoarsen [v] - See also: hoarsen
Lexicographical Neighbors of Hoarsening
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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