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
She delivered some lines under her breath, in hushed, frantic tones and ragged rasps.
From New York Times ● Feb. 22, 2023
Kreacher’s sobs came in great rasps now; Harry had to concentrate hard to understand him.
From "Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows" by J.K. Rowling
