He's got laryngitis so he can't talk above a whisper.
"Aurora the Magnificent"
Gertrude Hall
"Yes," she agreed, achieving sobriety, "it's bad weather for laryngitis," and went on with the weather, dropping Italo.
"Aurora the Magnificent"
Gertrude Hall
There was unrest in the balcony because Faust was singing through laryngitis and a cloud of fog in his throat.
"Star-Dust A Story of an American Girl"
Fannie Hurst