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
The title of Laura Marling’s ravishing new song isn’t meant as a descriptor, but rather a note of anguish — like the word “water” as rasped by someone crawling across a desert.
From New York Times • Dec. 2, 2016
“Poor Ann,” he rasped, referring to Ann Coulter’s new book, “In Trump We Trust.”
From Washington Post • Aug. 26, 2016
She put the phone to her ear, her voice rasped.
From "Pet" by Akwaeke Emezi
