Example Sentences

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Claws were rasping upon the tough fabric of his suit.

From Salvage in Space by Williamson, Jack

The judge himself was very indignant, and his friends on the local press were rasping in their comments.

From The Subterranean Brotherhood by Hawthorne, Julian

He had the uneasy fear that his hard rough hands were rasping the fine soft skin of hers.

From The Everlasting Whisper by Gregory, Jackson

He noted a small sandstone block against which were rasping stones of harder texture, and he picked this from the tumbling current and carried it to his cave.

From The Story of Ab A Tale of the Time of the Cave Man by Waterloo, Stanley

These interfere only slightly with vision, but keep the eye perpetually on the strain, on a twist, as it were, rasping the entire nervous system into a state of chronic irritation.

From Preventable Diseases by Hutchinson, Woods