rasp
verb (used with object)
to scrape or abrade with a rough instrument.
had rasped
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past perfectof rasp.past perfect
Used to express a completed action that took place before another specific past action occurred.
Example Sentences
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A brake had locked the left rear wheels; friction against the runway had rasped the tires down to the rims and ignited the rubber.
From Time Magazine Archive
It climaxed in a duel between M. Georges Chapreau and M. le Marquis Henri de Sombrieul, both star reporters, who had rasped each other's nerves.
From Time Magazine Archive
Perhaps her recent interview with Aunt Euphemia had rasped the girl's nerves.
From Cap'n Abe, Storekeeper by James A. Cooper
The intimate term, tossed so lightly from those lips, caused Rainham to quiver, as though she had rasped raw wounds.
From A Comedy of Masks A Novel by Ernest Christopher Dowson
I had rasped through to the top, and the Gloria had actually started on the down grade, when she gave a grinding scream, and stuck between the parapets.
From The Car of Destiny by Armand Both
