The victim said he stood out because of his short size and deep, gruff voice.

To her surprise, the boy spoke in a gruff little voice.

We had all heard the gruff voice in the dark.

A man with a gruff voice answered the next number.

In a gruff voice, he asks how long she has been there.

"At least let us drive him out of the town," said a third gruff voice.

This came from a gruff voice in the back sat.

He started to put his hands in the air, but the man's gruff voice stopped him.

A gruff voice called from an open hatch behind him.

He talked on for hours in that gruff voice of his.