Adam said hoarsely, “I want to stay with you.”
John Steinbeck, East of Eden(1952)
“Caro” she murmured hoarsely as though from the depths of a tranquil and luxurious trance.
Joseph Heller, Catch-22(1961)
“I am going out for a time,” he said hoarsely.
Elizabeth George Speare, The Witch of Blackbird Pond(1958)