- present participle of rasp.
rasping
Example Sentences
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Foden's goal - a rasping a low effort into the bottom corner following fine work by team-mate Rayan Cherki - will have impressed the watching Tuchel at Selhurst Park.
From BBC • Dec. 14, 2025
But the home side equalised on the stroke of half-time courtesy of a rasping long-range drive from Vitinha following a short corner routine.
From Barron's • Nov. 26, 2025
After 20 deliveries – 19 from Rabada – Khawaja was squared up by a rasping ball which angled in at him on a fourth-stump line.
From BBC • Jun. 11, 2025
What endures is the rasping byplay, the soaring exasperation, the tango of opposing temperaments finding fleeting common ground.
From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 27, 2024
The banshee made a rasping noise and clutched her throat; her voice was gone.
From "Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban" by J.K. Rowling
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