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rasping

adjective as in harsh in sound

adjective as in abrading

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Example Sentences

What endures is the rasping byplay, the soaring exasperation, the tango of opposing temperaments finding fleeting common ground.

It looked at them and let out a weak, rasping cry.

A horrible rasping noise told them Marco’s fancy cart was scraping along the wall of rock and one of its wheels was wobbling unsteadily.

Lammers' curling shot was well saved by the Sparta keeper, and he had to be at his very best to acrobatically tip Danilo's rasping shot on to the bar.

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The 27-year-old went close with a rasping drive that flew inches wide, before doubling his personal tally with a low shot inside Jason Steele's right-hand post.

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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