Abductor sounds like chronic hoarseness or breathy and effortful speech. (askjan.org)
All cause hoarseness and a breathy voice. (msdmanuals.com)
Voiceless1
In the case of Xhosa, there is a four-way contrast analogous to Indic in oral clicks, and similarly a two-way contrast among nasal clicks, but a three-way contrast among plosives and affricates (breathy, aspirated, and ejective), and two-way contrasts among fricatives (voiceless and breathy) and nasals (voiced and breathy). (wikipedia.org)
The International Phonetic Alphabet (IPA) and authors such as Peter Ladefoged equate phonemically contrastive murmur with breathy voice in which the vocal folds are held with lower tension (and farther apart) than in modal voice, with a concomitant increase in airflow and slower vibration of the glottis. (wikipedia.org)
In VoQS, the notation {V̤} is used for whispery voice (or murmur), and {Vʰ} is used for breathy voice. (wikipedia.org)
Seductive1
There was something strangely seductive about that breathy voice on the phone. (salon.com)
Vocal2
Breathy voice /ˈbrɛθi/ (also called murmured voice, whispery voice, soughing and susurration) is a phonation in which the vocal folds vibrate, as they do in normal (modal) voicing, but are adjusted to let more air escape which produces a sighing-like sound. (wikipedia.org)
The distinction between the latter two of these realizations, vocal folds somewhat separated along their length (breathy voice) and vocal folds together with the arytenoids making an opening (whispery voice), is phonetically relevant in White Hmong (Hmong Daw). (wikipedia.org)
Sound1
Very nice and sparkling stick sound supported by a breathy layer of wash. (paiste.com)
Sounds4
There are several ways to produce breathy sounds such as [ɦ]. (wikipedia.org)
Opening with the breathy Plans for Airplanes on their debut album, Cinematic Americana, the band sounds as though it is ready to take part in the next Zach Braff compilation album (Garden State 2 https://www.redbottomshoes.co.uk , anybody? (14themovie.com)
Featuring a thin, responsive top cymbal and an extra-heavy bottom cymbal, the K Sweet Hi-Hats produce a wide range of tones from subtle, breathy chick sounds to loud, cutting crashes. (guitarcenter.com)
My voice is really breathy kind of raspy and hoarse. (cancer.org)
If this condition is causing your child's raspy voice, it can lead to a breathy sounding voice. (healthychildren.org)
We report on a 5p- azoospermic male not showing the clinical features diagnostic for the cri-du-chat syndrome but for a breathy, raspy voice. (nih.gov)
Voice13
Breathy voice /ˈbrɛθi/ (also called murmured voice, whispery voice, soughing and susurration) is a phonation in which the vocal folds vibrate, as they do in normal (modal) voicing, but are adjusted to let more air escape which produces a sighing-like sound. (wikipedia.org)
From an articulatory perspective, that terminology is inaccurate[citation needed], as breathy voice is a different type of phonation from aspiration. (wikipedia.org)
The International Phonetic Alphabet (IPA) and authors such as Peter Ladefoged equate phonemically contrastive murmur with breathy voice in which the vocal folds are held with lower tension (and farther apart) than in modal voice, with a concomitant increase in airflow and slower vibration of the glottis. (wikipedia.org)
Indication of breathy voice by using subscript diaeresis was approved in or before June 1976 by members of the council of International Phonetic Association. (wikipedia.org)
In VoQS, the notation {V̤} is used for whispery voice (or murmur), and {Vʰ} is used for breathy voice. (wikipedia.org)
The distinction between the latter two of these realizations, vocal folds somewhat separated along their length (breathy voice) and vocal folds together with the arytenoids making an opening (whispery voice), is phonetically relevant in White Hmong (Hmong Daw). (wikipedia.org)
The Nguni languages within the southern branch of the Bantu languages, including Phuthi, Xhosa, Zulu, Southern Ndebele and Swazi, also have contrastive breathy voice. (wikipedia.org)
Spasmodic dysphonia causes voice breaks during speaking and can make the voice sound tight, strained, or breathy. (nih.gov)
As a result, the voice often sounds weak and breathy. (nih.gov)
Weakness or paralysis of one vocal cord causes a breathy weak voice, and difficulty swallowing thin liquids. (medicinenet.com)
A breathy female British voice asks participants to state their name and to agree to sex. (dailymail.co.uk)
Amidst the squeals and giggles I heard his breathy, quiet voice. (blogspot.com)
Voice may be breathy or harsh sounding but does not impair intelligibility. (nih.gov)
Dear typologists, Is there any meaningful distinction between voiced aspirated (e.g. /bʰ/) and breathy voiced (e.g. /b̤/) consonants, phonetically or phonologically? (linguistlist.org)
Phonetically1
In some Bantu languages, historically breathy stops have been phonetically devoiced, but the four-way contrast in the system has been retained. (wikipedia.org)
Phonologically1
A number of languages use breathy voicing in a phonologically contrastive way. (wikipedia.org)
Muddy's breathy vocals and verbal banter are clear. (audaud.com)
Alexis Krauss' breathy sweet vocals float over Derek Edward Miller's heavy guitar. (welovedc.com)
Pads1
It provides musicians and arrangers with production-ready musical textures and loops, from breathy, spherical pads, to pulsating or even aggressive patterns and rhythms, ideal for orchestral and scoring applications or contemporary genres and styles, such as Ambient, Alternative, EDM, World, and more. (bhphotovideo.com)
Guitar2
Jazz guitar with a breathy, funky and soulful edge. (tradebit.com)
Driving guitar songs collided with breathy ballads. (treblezine.com)