RAUCOUS in a Sentence

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1. His deep, raucous voice had thrilled them as it uttered the word of belief and submission.
2. The raucous crowd of New Year's Eve revelers got progressively noisier as midnight drew near.

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 Meanings and Examples of RAUCOUS
Definition Example Sentence Classic Sentence
raucous
 a.  harsh and rough-sounding; disturbing public peace; loud and rough
Classic Sentence:
1  On the ledge of rock above this strange couple there stood three solemn buzzards, who, at the sight of the new comers uttered raucous screams of disappointment and flapped sullenly away.
A Study In Scarlet By Arthur Conan Doyle
Context  Highlight   In PART II: CHAPTER I. ON THE GREAT ALKALI PLAIN
2  His deep, raucous voice had thrilled them as it uttered the word of belief and submission.
Dubliners By James Joyce
Context  Highlight   In GRACE
Example Sentence:
1  The raucous crowd of New Year's Eve revelers got progressively noisier as midnight drew near.
2  He elicited raucous cheers, fist pumps and even a few “amens” at a Veterans of Foreign Wars hall in Merrimack when he chided Vice President Joseph R. Biden Jr. for suggesting that to defend one's house, people could fire a shotgun in the air.