raspy

How To Use raspy In A Sentence

• • “Barky” cough that sounds similar to the barking of a seal or dog; making a harsh, raspy, whooping sound when inhaling stridor; drooling; loss of appetite; disinterest in drinking fluids; too tired to cough. Baby and Child Emergency First Aid
• Has he proven that he can rock style, presence and power with his raspy flow and long list of one-line killers?
• At such times I could see his villanous face plainly, and, when the sulphur from the matches irritated his lungs, between the raspy cough that followed and the clammy mud in which I was lying, I confess I shivered harder than ever. YELLOW HANDKERCHIEF
• He said he didn't want that to happen because his voice was "raspy," that's the exact word. CNN Transcript Feb 16, 2006
• The boy who long ago kissed their bare shoulders, or the raspy-voiced best friend, bleating out hilarious comments about her puckered fanny from the next dressing room over at Eileen Fisher? What Girls Want
• He sat at the table studying them with his nearsighted eyes and raspy breathing.
• It was raspy and rumbling, and even if it had come from the monitor's mouth, it would have been much too resonant for a lacertilian throat. The Veiled Dragon
• Then it's Marcus, who is seven, chiming in with his own cough - a raspy hack that can go on for hours.
• The tall grasses at the edge of the firelight made a raspy sound in the breeze.
• The sounds will be soft and squeaky if only a tiny amount of air gets through, loud and raspy if the airflow is a bit better, and softer again if the airflow is even better still. Solve Your Child’s Sleep Problems