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Meanings of rasping in English

Portuguese
grosa
Spanish
tono áspero

Uttering in an irritated tone.

grosa

Unpleasantly harsh or grating in sound.

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Usage of rasping in English
1
It was the Chancellor who spoke first, in his high rasping creak.
The Black Douglas
2
It was an unpleasant rasping noise that grew stronger minute by minute.
The Collected Stories of Arthur C. Clarke
3
Montgomery looked up, for the voice was a loud and rasping one.
The Green Flag, and Other Stories of War and Sport
4
Another actor had had a tracheotomy and spoke in a rasping growl.
The Irish Times
5
His finger passed over the shaded skin with a disagreeable, rasping sound.
The Slave of the Lamp
6
I demanded, as that brazen voice came rasping through a second verse.
Raffles: Further Adventures of the Amateur Cracksman
7
I jolted up with a rasping cry, my body alive with apprehension.
A Stir of Echoes
8
Maybe it's just the buckles, the bridles-maybe they've been rasping it sore.
The Scar
9
He began with a rasping chuckle that gradually formed itself into words.
Heart of the West
10
And he was busily and unconsciously rasping his fingers along his jaw.
Too close to home
11
Pavel made a rasping sound when he breathed, and he kept moaning.
My Antonia
12
His voice startled me, harsh and rasping like two bricks grating together.
The Wise Man’s Fear
13
Isabel tried to gasp, but succeeded only in producing a rasping wheeze.
Ape House
14
Accompanying this sound was a loud, whistling breathing, and frequent rasping gasps.
The Ape, the Idiot & Other People
15
Stephen O'Donnell then got in but his rasping drive was tipped over.
BBC
16
The Prince knocked, and a rasping woman's voice told him to enter.
The Yellow Fairy Book
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Translations for rasping
Portuguese
grosa
Rasping through the time
Rasping across language varieties
United States of America
Common
United Kingdom
Common