Sentence examples for gruff dialect from inspiring English sources

She found the church packed with gender-segregated Gypsies, singing and testifying in Gitan, the gruff dialect spoken in St. Jacques, a former Jewish ghetto in Perpignan settled by Gypsies when the Vichy government cleared out the Jews.

Against dialect.

His voice is gruff.

The dialect.

SERVICE -- Efficient but gruff.

Exits a gruff Burton.

Am I gruff?

"This, and lower," was the gruff reply.

A gruff man struck a sympathetic tone.

Gruff, stubbly men – check.

Maybe a touch gruff.