He spoke fast and raspingly, as if realizing that every moment was precious. |
His lips grew stiff and painfully hot, and when he tried to moisten them his tongue was dry and moved across them raspingly. |
As he speaks haltingly, in a voice from which he seems to be trying, raspingly, to expel emotion, I find I cannot believe I am here in this converted church. |
On the road the truck-drivers kept calling out to each other shrilly, raspingly. |
Its extreme heat and raspingly dry climate has sent many an enterprising winemaker packing. |
Down by the curb one of those quivering automobiles seemed to purr, raspingly, in its sleep. |