| 1. | His deep, raucous voice had thrilled them as it uttered the word of belief and submission. - from Dubliners by James Joyce |
| 2. | 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. - from A Study In Scarlet by Arthur Conan Doyle |
| 3. | Outside a shuttered pub a bunch of loiterers listen to a tale which their brokensnouted gaffer rasps out with raucous humour. - from Ulysses by James Joyce |