rasping

Example Sentences

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He could still feel the slap of the river, and hear his rasping breath – but his eyes were open and staring, and he couldn’t see.

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He began to drive the iron back and forth, the electric cord rasping against the hook it was strung through near the ceiling.

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I must have drifted off despite the rasping noises around me, because Baby Joe was suddenly pulling at my hand.

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I listen to her rasping breath, the rattle deep in her chest.

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His voice was dry as sand, and rasping.

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