They make a rasping sound, a thin, high-pitched tone such as stone scraping metal.

Having not shaved in several days, there was enough soft stubble to make a rasping noise.

That pit of a mouth made a rasping sound, like a sob.

It made a rasping sound as he ran his spatulate fingers across it.

His pen made a rasping sound.

Ruk's blade made a rasping sound as Mog watched the disparate threesome arrive in front of the Security Control Center's hatch.