Example Sentences
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Elordi’s voice rasps with a powerful interior dialogue that narrates the latter part of the 149-minute movie.
From The Wall Street Journal • Sep. 30, 2025
“I need to talk to you,” Biden rasps, then battling COVID-19.
From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 20, 2025
In the video, released on Monday, a clearly distressed Muonagor, rasps in the Igbo language: "Igbo people, I greet you all."
From BBC • Mar. 19, 2024
They both had distinct tannic rasps, but it’s hard to fully account for the differences.
From New York Times • Jan. 20, 2022
“I know someone is there with you,” Lourdes rasps.
From "Dreaming in Cuban" by Cristina García
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