rasp
verb (used with object)
to scrape or abrade with a rough instrument.
is rasping
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present progressiveof rasp (3rd person singular).present progressive
Used to describe an ongoing action or state that is currently taking place in the immediate present.
Example Sentences
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She's sucking Strepsils and is rasping away, but then she's another unwilling activist.
From The Guardian ● Apr. 3, 2011
If the people raise a howl," red-bearded William Tecumseh Sherman is rasping, "I will answer that war is war and not popularity-seeking.
From Time Magazine Archive
His note is rasping and harsh, in point of melody, when compared with the bobolink's.
From Birds and Poets : with Other Papers by John Burroughs
Then presently, when she had finished her tea, she said— "You are absolutely out of gear, Nicholas—Your voice is rasping, your remarks are bitter, and you must be awfully unhappy, poor boy."
From Man and Maid by Elinor Glyn
