All these symptoms are further complicated by having fewer healthy laryngeal nerve endings, which reduces precise muscle control and causes breathy or rough voices.
Yet he tended to grow quite animated — blue eyes shimmering, his speech breathy and fervent, a mischievous smile spreading over his lips — when discussing his pet interests.
Fear was etched into her features, in the bunching of her forehead and the tightening of her lips. Alone with just me, she put aside the persona she displayed for others. She was her old self again, fragile, breathy.