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throated

[ throh-tid ]

adjective

  1. having a throat of a specified kind (usually used in combination):

    a yellow-throated warbler.



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Word History and Origins

Origin of throated1

First recorded in 1520–30; throat + -ed 3

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Example Sentences

This summons all the proximate Beyoncé voters, as we reply in a full-throated roar, “ALLLLLL THE SINGLE LAAAAADIES!”

While Jacobs pushed for regulatory reform, Ernst came out full-throated for abolishing the Department of Education and the EPA.

What it has turned out to be is a full-throated defense of the contractor system as a whole.

Now, by contrast, those signals are frequent and full-throated.

This is what I would call a half-throated defense of the program.

Long before we got there the deep-throated thunder was growling over us, and the clouds spat occasional flurries of rain.

They were on a fresh trail; they were away over hill and hollow, singing full-throated as they ran.

The lights suddenly went dim, and a bull-throated roar sounded from somewhere, an appalling sound of raw power.

Long throated blossoms are fertilized by their attraction for certain moths or humming birds who have long tongues.

A deep-throated cheer approved his emphatic declaration, "We do not repent our decision."

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