rasp
verb (used with object)
to scrape or abrade with a rough instrument.
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
Finally, having run the gantlet of band saws, wood rasps and belt sanders, the mallard is done.
From Washington Post ● Feb. 25, 2019
His breathing rasps as he adds it to my folder.
From "Muffled" by Jennifer Gennari
