- present participle of rasp.
rasping
Example Sentences
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Raducanu broke Jovic's serve in the fourth game with a blistering forehand and rammed home her advantage by holding serve with another rasping shot into the corner of the court.
From BBC ● Jun. 13, 2026
The game, which ended 1-1, is best remembered for Siphiwe Tshabalala's rasping second-half strike to put Bafana Bafana in front.
From BBC ● Dec. 5, 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
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
His voice was dry as sand, and rasping.
From "Impossible Creatures" by Katherine Rundell
