Sentence examples for gruff delivery from inspiring English sources

His gruff delivery is blistering and he has a craftsman's way with a palette of sounds from thunderclaps to Philly soul.

Marshall also had an on-screen presence, using his New York accent and gruff delivery in colourful supporting roles in movies that included Lost in America and Soapdish.

Dorothy Love Coates, a gospel singer whose gruff delivery and blazing theatrics made her one of the giants of the genre, died on Tuesday at a hospital in Birmingham, Ala., where she lived most of her life.

All a bit of a change of pace for the artist born Jayceon Taylor; this is someone whose gruff delivery has for around 10 years sought to revive West Coast gangsta rap as Dr Dre first imagined it, falling out with nearly everyone he's met along the way.

The director also had an on-screen presence, using his New York accent and gruff delivery in colorful supporting roles that included a practical-minded casino boss unswayed by Albert Brooks' disastrous luck in "Lost in America" and a crass network executive in "Soapdish". .

Her gruff, sarcastic delivery held the audience spellbound.

Sanders is arguably more progressive on all of these issues, but his gruff, shouting delivery plays better in union halls than urban churches.

"I don't care if they switch the shifts up in front of Scotland Yard". Blyss's performing voice is moderately gruff, though his delivery is subtly careful.

Next came Sevendust, an Atlanta-based outfit featuring the singer Lajon Witherspoon, who slipped a little James Brown into his gruff and sweet delivery.

What's new, though, is the Roots's mutating groove and how well it chimes with Costello's delivery, alternately gruff, sour or soulful.

McConnell is personally gruff and aloof, and his syrupy delivery on the Senate floor is often laced with the acid of unremitting partisanship and dismissive scorn for his foes.