rasped
Example Sentences
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Hospitalized and on oxygen, Linderman cut a grainy video in which he rasped out “this is how bad it is,” then admitted he had made a catastrophic error by not getting vaccinated.
From Seattle Times • Sep. 8, 2021
Jackson, perhaps unable to leave her character's acrimony at the stage door, foiled my attempts to understand how she made sense of A's changing relationship to B and C. "What relationship?" she rasped.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 26, 2018
In the ambulance, in her husband’s arms, she rasped out with her last breath the words: “Phil … I love you, Phil.”
From The Guardian • Feb. 13, 2016
She then rasped “help me” to a man passing by.
From Washington Post • Jun. 8, 2015
Cal stood on the neat porch and kept his finger on the bell until the harsh overlight flashed on and the night bolt rasped and Mrs. Bacon looked out.
From "East of Eden" by John Steinbeck
