| 单词 | rasping |
| 例句 | She had never known his snoring to be so rasping. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z My hands were trembling, my breath rasping as if I had run a long distance or come upon a coiled snake in a busy street. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z It was a rasping voice I didn’t recognize. The Bridge Home 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z Then came a rasping sound as those bright doors the key had sprung gave way— a bellow like a bull’s vaunt in a meadow— followed by her light footfall entering over the plank floor. The Odyssey 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z “All he can do is give advice,” General Dreedle would observe with a rasping snort “If it wasn’t for me, he’d still be a corporal.” Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z “Your boyfriend’s going to have worse than that done to him if he’s on my list,” said the horribly familiar, rasping voice. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z Otto would run up to me proudly, coughing his cough and rasping his laugh, all to scamper back up the tree with his friends and start the game all over again. Endangered 2012-10-01T00:00:00Z "Hold!" he commanded, his voice as faint and rasping as the sound I had heard moments before—the sound of the trunk being forced open. The Shakespeare Stealer 1998-05-01T00:00:00Z He strides up and down among us, looking over our shoulders and grunting to himself, as the room fills with the sandy rasping noise of charcoal on paper. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z The voice is hoarse and accompanied by a rasping cough. Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z There was absolutely no sound in the mine apart from his own rasping breath, the crunch of his footsteps, and the quickening thud of his heart. Stormbreaker 2000-09-04T00:00:00Z Then I heard a strange, rasping sound above me. The Lightning Thief 2005-07-01T00:00:00Z He lay on his side for a moment, then pulled a rasping breath in and held it, listening for the attacker to return. Hatchet 1987-01-01T00:00:00Z Right then we heard a cow making a rasping, guttural sound, and we knew that the lion had her by the throat. Facing the Lion 2003-01-01T00:00:00Z The banshee made a rasping noise and clutched her throat; her voice was gone. Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban 1999-07-08T00:00:00Z The voice carried through the wall without Meggie having to strain to hear it, rasping like a cat’s tongue. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z More rasping—the sound of tiny snakes, right above me, from ... from about where Aunty Em’s head would be. The Lightning Thief 2005-07-01T00:00:00Z Now there was a rasping sound under the straw. The Book of Three 1964-03-12T00:00:00Z I try—I suck the air into my lungs and I force it out—but there’s no sound, just a rasping, like a dying person fighting for air. The Girl on the Train 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z Estha could see nothing, but he could hear the sound of rasping, labored breathing. The God of Small Things 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z Hazel could hear the rasping voice as if the woman was whispering to her heart. Breadcrumbs 2011-09-27T00:00:00Z They flew open with a rasping shriek and I fell face-first into the next room. Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children 2011-06-07T00:00:00Z As they rushed inside, Minli was relieved to hear Dragon’s rasping breath. Where the Mountain Meets the Moon 2009-07-01T00:00:00Z The oak tree crackled overhead, its branches rasping together in the bracing breeze. Artemis Fowl 2001-04-26T00:00:00Z Maggots spewed from the wounds across his body as he took a few rasping breaths. City of the Plague God 2021-01-12T00:00:00Z And now a chill settled over them where they stood, and Harry heard the rasping breath of the dementors that patrolled the outer trees. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z “Are you come from the apothecary?” the man asked in a rasping voice. Fever 1793 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z He could hear his heart beating and rasping a little in its beat. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z He missed the reassuring tick of the rasping old clock. Ralph S. Mouse 1992-08-01T00:00:00Z A key turns in the lock, a rasping, grating sound, metal against metal. The Boy Who Dared 2008-02-01T00:00:00Z Cruelly he leaned his full weight upon the weasel’s rasping throat. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z Then he began to cough, a deep, rasping cough that shook his frail body terribly. The Chosen 1967-04-28T00:00:00Z The rasping, warning bark of an angry dog. The Inquisitor's Tale 2016-09-27T00:00:00Z It was a rasping nervous wind, and the dust particles cut into a man’s skin and burned his eyes. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z After the drink, as he wiped his mouth with his soiled shirt-sleeve, I heard him say, amid a rasping cough, as I was walking away: “This water sure smells funny. But it’s crisp and refreshing.” Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z He pictured it in his hand again — he was an imagineer, about to find it, he was sure — when Theresa shuffled into the room, her old slippers rasping against the floor like sandpaper. Typical American 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z I arrived at the gate, my breath rasping in my throat so hard I couldn’t speak. My Brother Sam is Dead 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z All three of the Gaunts seemed to have forgotten Ogden, who was looking both bewildered and irritated at this renewed outbreak of incomprehensible hissing and rasping. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z It made a high rasping sound like a cricket and sent a shower of metal fragments to glitter in the light Eye trained on the gate. The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z There were other sounds, too; raspings and shriekings, like sword points dragged over stones. The Book of Three 1964-03-12T00:00:00Z Here and there a rasping cough of someone with tuberculosis issued from a shack. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z It growled again, a strange rasping combination of electrical sizzle, a frying sound, a scraping of metal, a turning of cogs that seemed rusty and ancient with suspicion. Fahrenheit 451 1953-01-01T00:00:00Z He abruptly let go of her and she crumpled down to her knees, her breath rasping in her lungs. Ash 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z She pulled the handle to the left, and with a deep rasping sound, the door slid away, into a slot in the wall. The City of Ember 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z “The woods aren’t magic, but they still speak: the branches rasping in winter, and the rustling wind. I like the creaking leaves and the birds scuttling their wings.” The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z The car made rasping sounds as they drove past the gates. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z The solid, contourless body, like a block of granite, and the rasping red skin, bore the same relation to the body of a girl as the rose-hip to the rose. 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z The heirs heard a low groan, then a rasping rattle . . . then nothing. The Westing Game 1979-01-01T00:00:00Z He had a voice like none that Harry had ever heard: a rasping bark of a voice. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z Again I assayed a response; this time, there was a low growl, a hideous, rasping gargle in the throat. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves 2009-10-13T00:00:00Z I was preparing to move away, to let my mother and sister say goodbye, when he coughed—a brittle, rasping hack that sounded like crepe paper being crinkled. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z The loudest sound was his own rasping breath in the filter mask. Ship Breaker 2010-05-01T00:00:00Z Her heart was pounding in her chest, and she awoke abruptly, her breath rasping in her lungs. Ash 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z Inside we could hear the faint rasping as the two mice tugged on the bolt handle, working it back. Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH 1970-06-01T00:00:00Z She coughed, then moaned—a prolonged rasping sound; but she did not wake up. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z He began to say something, but his words broke into a rasping cough. The Chosen 1967-04-28T00:00:00Z There was nothing except the keening wind and the rasping call of a cactus wren somewhere in the rocks. The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z A radio with a faulty connection played loud and rasping for a while, then suddenly quiet and insinuating. A Separate Peace 1959-01-01T00:00:00Z The axe swept back down, rasping over the skin. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z Her voice was fierce, rasping, angry, and strong. The Birchbark House 1999-07-21T00:00:00Z Gabe turned toward me and spoke in the rasping voice of the Oracle: You shall go west, and face the god who has turned. The Lightning Thief 2005-07-01T00:00:00Z Helmuth likes the sound of Hitler's voice, the way his rasping, barking voice pulses with energy. The Boy Who Dared 2008-02-01T00:00:00Z She lay awake most of the night listening to Rachel cough, the sound rasping and sawing through her own body. Lyddie 1991-02-01T00:00:00Z She bent over, her hands on her knees, her breath rasping out of her throat. Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z I struggled on, my breath rasping in my throat, and then I reached the trees at the top of the ridge and flung myself flat. My Brother Sam is Dead 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z There is a rasping over the PA system. Landscape with Invisible Hand 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z The cat was still licking the saucer, its little tongue greedily rasping over the flower-patterned china, hoping for a last delicious drop. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z “Someone else must have come with you. There must be an accomplice,” he said, his voice rasping at the air. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z "What are you doing in there?" he called out with a rasping voice when the spotlight stopped on Victor. The Thief Lord 2002-09-01T00:00:00Z IMMEDIATELY, the rasping voice through the speakers had said. The Giver 1993-04-01T00:00:00Z “Well, thank God Miss Annie has left for a while. Now perhaps I can play my lute without her rasping denunciations assailing me from across the alley.” A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z His rasping voice made Piper think of a straight razor being wiped across a strop - like in her grandfather’s barbershop back in Oklahoma. Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z He had helped Mama arrange Shavuot for the entire village, rasping out orders. Anya and the Nightingale 2020-11-10T00:00:00Z The queer rasping call of the blackbird rose from the grass, and now and then they caught the flash of scarlet on the glossy black wings. The Witch of Blackbird Pond 1958-12-01T00:00:00Z A rhythmic rasping told me Mr. Whiskers was sound asleep. Hattie Big Sky 2006-09-26T00:00:00Z “They’ll come for me, you know,” she said, her voice rasping through dry lips. Artemis Fowl 2001-04-26T00:00:00Z Abe Levver looked up from the far end of the conference table and smoothed his stubbled chin with a faint rasping sound. I, Robot 1950-12-02T00:00:00Z I say, leaning over and rasping the edge off a huge toenail. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z “Come out of there with your hands up!” came a rasping voice through the darkness. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z A locust’s lazy rasping sawed the air from the nearby oak trees. Black Like Me 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z Halfway there he heard the sound he dreaded, the hollow rasping cough of a horse. The Red Pony 1937-01-01T00:00:00Z His breathing was a rasping, moaning din in his ears. Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z The dressing came away in one, with a gluey rasping sound. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z A ravid, its arm-long fangs festooned in beads and tassels, rose up on its hind legs to lick a cake with its long, rasping tongue. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z Each motion across the embroidered stuir of the sofa sounded a great rasping. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume I: The Pox Party 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z He did desperate violence to his naked body among the rasping creepers so that blood was sliding over him. Lord of the Flies 1954-09-17T00:00:00Z "You are shaking, girl," he said, his voice rasping. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z The rasping voice through the speaker, making announcements, giving reminders. Son 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z The gwythaint hissed again, and a long, rasping rattle sounded in its throat. The Book of Three 1964-03-12T00:00:00Z It was in the weary, determined drawl of his voice, rising to a sustained, honeyed ache or rasping with stubborn gumption. Gregg Allman: A Voice of the South Who Mixed a Musical Melting Pot 2017-05-28T04:00:00Z All but glued before the set to his favorite threadbare chair, Hetchman looks to be the living, rasping definition of sedentary. Theater Review: ‘The Hatmaker’s Wife,’ a Comedy by Lauren Yee 2013-09-06T21:03:59Z “He needed someone that he didn’t have to baby-sit, someone who could just go with the flow,” Ms. Schwimmer said as her rasping voice filled with warmth. John Hawkes Brings Years of Film Work to ‘The Sessions’ 2012-10-12T12:00:00Z I was convinced that a painting of St Jerome in his cave, with a skull, rasping a stone on his chest, was a portrait of my grandfather. More than a home 2010-06-26T23:05:00Z Age has thinned Jackson's incredible rasping voice, but White knows how to record it: with a hint of distortion, as if the microphone can't cope with its sheer force. Wanda Jackson: The Party Ain't Over ? review 2011-01-13T15:29:00Z Between scenes, Mr. Thornton retreated to his trailer, where he nursed a rasping cough. A TV Version of ‘Fargo’ Has Parallels to the Film 2014-04-09T16:00:25Z For a few years, David Gray's soaring voice – with its rasping blend of gravel and honey – was the soundtrack to our lives. David Gray: 'I'm trained to wash up' 2010-08-14T23:05:00Z The noise of desperate, rasping inhalation echoes throughout the evening. Review: The Unspeakable Pain of an African-American Afterlife 2017-06-11T04:00:00Z Rarities like the corncrake, with its distinctive rasping call, also arrive here to breed in the summer. Scotland's rocky road: a journey to the edge of Lewis – a photo essay 2017-06-28T04:00:00Z And whether she’s cooing with sarcastic solicitousness or rasping close to a scream, she articulates every word clearly, emoting but never losing control. Fiona Apple Is Back and Unbound: Let’s Discuss 2020-04-17T04:00:00Z But in place of rasping, long-haired dudes with weathered telecasters, three saxophonists improvised over a driving Rhodes riff. ‘This is cool music’: A younger crew of Seattle jazz-informed musicians bend genres, creating their own sound 2018-07-10T04:00:00Z They at first studied four genres – adventure, horror, drama and war – but discovered that the rasping "non-linear" sounds were only to be found on the soundtracks of horror movies, and occasionally dramas. Horror film soundtracks mimic animals' distress calls 2010-05-26T17:05:00Z Gradually, Farida ascends through the registers of her voice, colouring the sound with the rasping tone maqam singers introduce to intensify emotion. Farida Mohammad Ali: the mother of all Maqam 2010-07-01T21:30:00Z Instead, there’s an ingenious recorded announcement of a rasping, disembodied voice telling us, in Russian, not to use our cellphones. | 'Diary of a Madman': Send in the Russian Clown and His Pain and Alienation, Too 2011-02-18T00:36:24Z In his low rasping voice, he uttered, 'Will you now tell me the secret to open the gates of hell?' Your stories: Scheherezade's Task by Cleopatra 2013-02-08T14:59:23Z Any woman could play the dowdy outcast at a bridal shower, but Ms. Stone turned that character into the rasping, earnest misfit Wallis, holding her own in the sketch opposite Kristen Wiig. Television: Anna Faris and Other Female Hosts on ?Saturday Night Live? 2012-02-26T03:04:12Z “The tang of stolen youth seeped up in his throat with the rasping burn of nausea and on the El train in yellow light the Gant trembled.” ?City of Bohane,? by Kevin Barry 2012-03-30T23:27:18Z At the same time, a rhythmic rasping could be heard from behind the plexiglass. A DWI offer you can’t refuse 2012-11-23T00:00:00Z "Cannes has always been a useful idiot for Hollywood," explains Toback, rasping down the line from his apartment in New York. Cannes and Hollywood: a feisty marriage 2013-05-14T08:00:03Z As a YouTube clip of the pair playing on stage together for the only time – in Seville in 1992 – reveals, Thompson has little of Dylan's rasping ego. Keeping the faith 2010-04-10T23:05:00Z "It's just another part of being an actor," he says, the lisp in his English rasping a little after the nightshoot. Mads Mikkelsen: the blockbuster villain with leading-man ambitions 2012-06-05T18:31:01Z Guttural and rasping, with a face resembling a tree scorched by lightning, Scofield bristles with anger, but is in the end desperately lonely. The best Shakespeare films – ranked! 2019-02-08T05:00:00Z It’s a furtive, middle-of-the-night move, but it’s hopeful, too — because what if this wild-haired woman, rasping for a drink of water, can help them survive? Review: When a Stranger Knocks at the Airlock 2021-08-19T04:00:00Z Its sound is mercurial, almost like a synthesizer in its mutability: now a liquid stream of notes, silvery and flowing, and now a tinnier rasping beat. Loosening its tie, NSO debuts a steelpan work and its composer 2015-05-31T04:00:00Z The rasping, quivering vocals of Pat Hynes calls to mind The Undertones or Clap Your Hands Say Yeah, while the squalls of guitar elicit comparisons with Joy Division or Glasvegas. July's best music from across the MAP 2012-07-18T09:17:04Z Yeterian's distinctive, nasal delivery is actually modelled on the authentic Cajun vocal style, whose singers developed a rasping, high-pitched method of projection in order to cut through the noise of crowded Louisiana juke joints. Mama Rosin: Some like it hot 2011-01-06T22:29:00Z Its magic lay in its marriage of brass and piano, of rasping percussion, of the warmth of Ferrer's voice. Hail, Hail, Rock'n'Roll 2011-07-07T22:15:01Z Gold lets his star do what she does best — infuse every line with rasping intensity. Laurie Metcalf in 'Doll's House, Part 2': An acting marvel in one of the year's best plays 2017-04-27T04:00:00Z “The label is essential,” Mr. Haslam said with a rasping cackle as he fondled a silver cigarette case he had gotten for Christmas. Nicky Haslam’s House of Commons 2020-01-07T05:00:00Z It’s droll until it isn’t; at the end, she proclaims, “I want to be loved,” and that last word stretches for a rasping, breathless 17 seconds. St. Vincent’s Synth-Funk ‘Pain,’ and 9 More New Songs 2021-03-05T05:00:00Z Strikingly, they are both dressed in scarlet military tunics, and a rasping wolfish pant keeps returning to the soundtrack; these two, you think, are lost, maybe hunted soldiers. Company Chameleon 2010-04-16T22:00:00Z His rich, rasping tones were perfect for animation and voiceover: he worked on The Plague Dogs and The Black Cauldron as well as the celebrated Don’t Die of Ignorance public health warning about Aids. John Hurt, versatile star of The Elephant Man, Alien and Harry Potter, dies aged 77 2017-01-27T05:00:00Z And Ms. Howard, who doesn’t exactly hold back with Alabama Shakes, is just as volcanic with Thunderbitch: rasping, preaching, laughing, swooping way up high and yowling down low. Review: ‘Thunderbitch’ Features Brittany Howard of Alabama Shakes 2015-09-02T04:00:00Z Instead, it was the kind of gig that highlighted her playful side, making a feature of her ability to shift from giddy scatting, to leathery rasping that evoked Shane MacGowan after a heavy night. Carleen Anderson – review 2013-01-09T18:25:40Z He is struggling for breath in great rasping heaves and his eyes are too wide. Facing death on the mountain: What my father taught me on his last great climb 2018-06-17T04:00:00Z A therapist opposite her answers in clipped tones, voiced now by a bell, now by the rasping of a saw played by Amy Garapic, another part of a 14-member ensemble above the stage. Review | Opera needs to change. Prototype festival shows one new path. 2019-01-07T05:00:00Z But the rasping, screaming contortions she put her larynx through to unleash her raw intensity made one wonder: How could she sing like that without tearing another little piece of her throat? Capturing Janis Joplin's intensity onstage takes teamwork — and strong tea 2015-07-22T04:00:00Z Her voice encompasses the full spectrum: quiet and clear, tremulously tearful, decisively rasping or reaching to a scream. Review: Brandi Carlile’s Life Is Embedded in Her Music 2015-03-12T04:00:00Z Vargas's raw, rasping voice and intimate arrangements stripped down well-known rancheras, boleros, revolutionary ballads and tangos to leave them as haunting laments, punctuated by waves of tenderness and bitter irony. Chavela Vargas 2012-08-12T14:13:26Z In fact, that rich, slightly rasping, honey-gravel voice was an invaluable part of his acting armoury. Peter Bradshaw on John Hurt: 'A virtual folk memory of wisdom and style' 2017-01-28T05:00:00Z But his rasping through the tender “Lovin’ Her Was Easier” provided the night’s most riveting moments. Fans and artists pay tribute to Emmylou Harris at Constitution Hall 2015-01-11T05:00:00Z His voice is deep and rasping, and his plea is an attempt to reconcile a belief in the resurrection with the science of "the doctors and the lawyers". Readers recommend resurrection songs: The results 2010-04-08T21:30:00Z Standup Terry Alderton argued aloud with his demonic subconscious; Nick Helm's rasping fury barely concealed a need to be loved; Cariad Lloyd had great fun seeking a father figure in the front row. Edinburgh festival 2011: The highs and lows 2011-08-28T21:19:00Z We'll dance around the living room in our pajamas, like a scene out of some awful Hallmark movie, rasping along with Paul and mimicking his uniquely uncoordinated dance moves. "American Idol" is saving my family 2011-03-23T15:55:00Z As a gaunt man slowly raises a flute and exhales into it raggedly, an unearthly noise emerges: a blend of ascending siren whistles and long, rasping sighs like the groans of ghosts. Rosas: En Atendant – review 2012-11-06T17:51:57Z At that rasping blurt, my heart seizes in foreboding. My secret hoarding shame: I lived with my trash. It was time to throw it all away 2015-08-18T04:00:00Z “There were dead bats, all over the floor,” Skeevers says in his rasping, weak voice. ArtsBeat: ‘The Americans’ Recap: Invisible vs. Invincible 2014-05-08T14:43:04Z Lammers' curling shot was well saved by the Sparta keeper, and he had to be at his very best to acrobatically tip Danilo's rasping shot on to the bar. Rangers hold on for point against Sparta Prague 2023-10-26T04:00:00Z The 27-year-old went close with a rasping drive that flew inches wide, before doubling his personal tally with a low shot inside Jason Steele's right-hand post. Watkins scores hat-trick as Villa thump Brighton 2023-09-30T04:00:00Z Andrii is tall and lean, with ready humour, and a slightly rasping voice. Where Ukraine’s army of amputees go to repair their lives 2023-09-21T04:00:00Z The soul singer’s rasping vocals and explosive energy made her an unforgettable performer and one of the most successful recording artists of all time. Your Thursday Briefing: DeSantis’s Presidential Run 2023-05-24T04:00:00Z Substitute Anthony Martial came closest to an equaliser in stoppage time, but Lukasz Fabianski palmed away his rasping effort from a tight angle. De Gea blunder hands West Ham win 2023-05-07T04:00:00Z McNeil's delightful strike with the first attack of the game gave the hosts the perfect start, rasping a finish across goal which nestled into the far corner. Everton beat Brentford to move out of bottom three 2023-03-11T05:00:00Z Her Bafta-winning documentary Strictly Amy: Crohn's and Me didn't hide the realities of the illness showing her in hospital in agony, her voice rasping. Strictly Come Dancing's Amy Dowden: 'I was seen as a risk' 2023-03-04T05:00:00Z Ramos’s first goal was of Ronaldo quality, a quick turn and rasping drive into the top near corner in the 17th minute. Portugal replaces a sulking star with a shining one and cruises to World Cup win 2022-12-06T05:00:00Z PSV Eindhoven winger Gakpo has now scored the opening goal in all three of the Netherlands' group games, driving forward and rasping a finish into the bottom corner on this occasion. Gakpo nets again as Dutch beat Qatar to top group 2022-11-29T05:00:00Z The hosts grew into the opening stages and Callaghan's rasping first-time effort was straight down the throat of the Milan keeper. McFadden hits famous winner as NI stun Italy 2022-11-15T05:00:00Z Salloi capped the victory with a rasping drive from 23 yards that curled out of Ochoa’s reach. D.C. United blanked again in listless loss to Sporting Kansas City 2022-09-13T04:00:00Z With both men continuing to need attention from the physios, the set continued on serve until Murray broke for 5-4 with a rasping return which left him serving for the match. Murray sees off Wawrinka in gruelling win 2022-08-15T04:00:00Z Eventually insects joined the swelling chorus, with “rasping mouthparts, wheezing air tubes, drumming abdomens, and wings shaped to crackle and snap as they fly.” Earth’s Sonic Diversity, Secret Bird Scents, Pandemic-Inspired Sci-Fi, and More 2022-03-24T04:00:00Z Its first 20 minutes push every available button to freak viewers out: eerie dolls, rasping voices from the shadows, scrawled warnings from strange creatures, cheerful children’s drawings with ominous undertones, and much more. Resident Evil: Welcome to Raccoon City is a feature-length fan film 2021-11-23T05:00:00Z The Courage keeper was at it again early in extra time, making a leaping touch on Bailey’s rasping drive. Ashley Hatch’s goal in extra time sends the Washington Spirit to the NWSL semifinals 2021-11-07T04:00:00Z Russo also rattled the crossbar with a rasping drive in an eye-catching display. Ruthless Chelsea put six past Man Utd 2021-09-26T04:00:00Z Nelson Semedo’s rasping effort struck Bertrand’s hand as his back was turned attempting a block at point-blank range, but still the penalty was awarded. Wolves rally to beat Southampton 2-1 in Premier League 2021-02-14T05:00:00Z "I was wondering when you'd come back," he said to me, in the rasping American accent he somehow had never lost. Jim Haynes: A man who invited the world over for dinner 2021-01-23T05:00:00Z McCaffery said their anxiety is becoming normal this time of year in wine country, when the dry grass starts rasping in the wind. It's déjà vu in the Bay Area as fires again force evacuations and cloud the skies 2020-08-21T04:00:00Z Bill Schey’s case was milder, characterized by a persistent loss of smell and taste and a rasping cough. How a small birthday lunch in Tacoma became a coronavirus cluster 2020-07-16T04:00:00Z Five minutes later Nyland had to fling himself to his right to paw away a rasping shot from 20 yards by Mount. Giroud completes Chelsea turnaround at Aston Villa to cement spot in top four 2020-06-21T04:00:00Z Sometimes they will have guests; sometimes it will just be the two men shooting the breeze in their rasping wiseguy voices. From their coronavirus quarantine, Michael Imperioli and Steve Schirripa talk 'Sopranos' with you 2020-04-09T04:00:00Z Exhaustion lines his face have deepened, his wavy hair has become ever more unruly and his rasping voice has almost given out. Coronavirus: meet the scientists who are now household names 2020-03-22T04:00:00Z He rattles through the first three points for a 3-0 lead, before Federer gets on the board with a rasping winner. Roger Federer v Novak Djokovic: Australian Open semi-final – live! 2020-01-30T05:00:00Z Through all those years of growling and rasping and mumbling, he broke every rule, written and unwritten. Opinion | Don Imus, the man who was always willing to go too far 2019-12-31T05:00:00Z Nyland did well to tip over his rasping shot from the edge of the box. Rúben Neves fires spectacular opener as Wolves triumph over Villa in derby 2019-11-10T05:00:00Z When it came time for the Grandview feature, the 28 modifieds crawled around the track on their pace laps, aligned in formation two abreast, their engines rasping. Calling Danger at the Grandview Speedway 2019-10-23T04:00:00Z They have become, it seems, akin to lampreys, the parasitic eel-like fish with rasping mouths that attach to their piscine victims and suck their blood, weakening but not killing them. Editorials from around New England 2019-09-06T04:00:00Z His cough was rasping, his thighs as thin as his calves, and a thumb and forefinger could practically encircle his ankles. Special Report: The wildcat gold miners who get rich sick 2019-07-24T04:00:00Z It’s the overpowering roar of the dryer they hate, the sudden acceleration from silence to deafening blast, the grating rasping whoosh as hands pass through the air stream. Hand dryers are ‘clearly dangerous’ to children’s hearing, published research by a 13-year-old shows 2019-07-02T04:00:00Z Men on motorbikes, engines rasping, performed flips and other stunts on the sand. A mass shooting couldn’t happen in Virginia Beach … until it did 2019-06-02T04:00:00Z People in the downtown area experienced stinging eyes, streaming noses and rasping throats. How clean air transformed American cities 2019-03-17T04:00:00Z When she returned to acknowledge the defeat, Mrs. May was still rasping. Theresa May Finds Herself Without a Voice, or a Friend 2019-03-12T04:00:00Z At the other end, Hamid faced increasing pressure as the half unfolded and made a fine save on Ring’s rasping drive from beyond the penalty area in the 37th minute. ‘We’re a little spoiled by it’: Bill Hamid helps D.C. United preserve road draw 2019-03-10T05:00:00Z Its version of P’ansori is like a band saw with a blade guard: a rasping yowl without the guttural breakup. Roomful of Teeth Is Revolutionizing Choral Music 2019-02-04T05:00:00Z “Real populism is not racist,” Brown said, his gravelly baritone rasping as he became more animated. Sherrod Brown makes his pitch as Democrats' voice of the worker 2019-01-31T05:00:00Z There were two more goals before the interval as forward Mark Uth put the visitors back in front with a rasping shot into the top corner. Konoplyanka scores super goal as Schalke draws 2-2 at Hertha 2019-01-25T05:00:00Z Then, his gravelly voice rasping out a crescendo, he made it clear where he thought his party could forge its path to success: his triumphant campaign, he said, was the “blueprint for America for 2020.” Sherrod Brown: Rumpled, Unvarnished and Just Maybe a Candidate for President 2018-11-15T05:00:00Z Patrick has a high, rasping voice, and sounded upbeat, as he usually does. Deval Patrick’s Presidential Prospects 2018-11-12T05:00:00Z The palette of the piece is very dark—low wind and brass, all underpinned by the rasping sound of the contrabass trombone, which descends as far as the bottom note on a piano. How the Composer George Benjamin Finally Found His Voice 2018-09-10T04:00:00Z There was nothing leisurely about her performance on Tuesday, and she mixed delightful drop shots and chips with some rasping groundstrokes to torment the suffering champion. Defending US Open champion Sloane Stephens falls to Anastasija Sevastova 2018-09-04T04:00:00Z The first serious bid came 10 minutes into the half when Diego Fagundez’s rasping drive smacked the outside of the near post. D.C. United continues playoff push with win over Revolution 2018-08-19T04:00:00Z The corridors are thick with rasping shrieks and caws. From sharks to chimps to moon bears: tales of a supervet 2018-08-05T04:00:00Z The 33-year-old, who has won every Grand Slam but Wimbledon, was steady and cool, sending down rasping groundstrokes from both sides of the court. Wawrinka secures comeback win over sixth seed Dimitrov 2018-07-02T04:00:00Z The child inhaled a draft of acrid gas that set off a rasping cough and watering eyes. A Child of Gaza Dies. A Symbol Is Born. The Arguing Begins. 2018-05-17T04:00:00Z He waited, listening to the nearby hum and the more distant echoing sounds of doors slamming, buzzers rasping, voices shouting. A prisoner is given a deal he can’t refuse in an excerpt from S.J. Morden’s sci-fi novel One Way 2018-03-25T04:00:00Z On the edge of Leicester’s box, he feints left and fizzes a rasping show at Schmeichel, who does well to hold it with Martial and Lingard sniffing around for a rebound. Leicester City v Manchester United: Premier League – live! 2017-12-23T05:00:00Z In a hotel room in Detroit, a 78-year-old woman is rasping down the phone. Mavis Staples: ‘All that progress we made – and now we have a liar in the White House' 2017-11-30T05:00:00Z All the way in from JFK in the taxi, a phone-in show was blaring a woman with a rasping German accent talking in excruciating detail about blow jobs. An excerpt from 'The Vanity Fair Diaries' 2017-11-15T05:00:00Z Italy never really rallied, aside from Darmian’s rasping effort with 20 minutes to play. Johansson sinks Italy to earn Sweden first-leg World Cup qualifier victory 2017-11-10T05:00:00Z Bill Pullman, who is even more of a movie star – in generally better reviewed movies -- is in it too, rasping and squinting in his special way. Jessica Biel offers down-to-earth performance in USA thriller 'The Sinner,' with help from Bill Pullman 2017-08-01T04:00:00Z Her game still veers between rasping winners - a relatively conservative, by her standards, 24 against Giorgi - and unforced errors which would not look out of place at a local club. Tennis: Ostapenko stays on course for momentous double 2017-07-07T04:00:00Z So I'm conflicted about Monolith's new Middle-earth: Shadow of War story trailer, which includes Jackson's Iron-Maiden-album-escapee all rasping and "Release the hounds!" This New Lord of the Rings Game Looks Even Crazier Than the Last 2017-06-08T04:00:00Z All the way in from JFK in the taxi, a phone-in show was blaring a woman with a rasping German accent talking in excruciating detail about blow jobs. An excerpt from 'The Vanity Fair Diaries' 2017-11-15T05:00:00Z Goalkeeper De Gea kept them in the match at half-time, producing a low stop to deny Aaron Ramsey's effort, before making a brilliant save from a rasping Oxlade-Chamberlain shot from distance. Arsenal 2-0 Manchester United 2017-05-07T04:00:00Z The phone would ring, and you’d answer to an unmistakable rasping voice demanding that you deliver the goods on whatever was in your notebook: “Yeah, what’s doing?” he would bark. Postscript: Jimmy Breslin, 1928-2017 2017-03-19T04:00:00Z A white environmentalist with a rasping Cleveland accent, he is an unlikely successor to the predominantly African American politicians who have shaped the District. Phil Mendelson beat the odds to run D.C. Will his luck hold in the Trump era? 2017-03-04T05:00:00Z A rasping return from Federer earns him a break point, which effectively doubles up as a set point, and even his luck’s in at the moment. Roger Federer blitzes Tomas Berdych at Australian Open 2017 – as it happened 2017-01-20T05:00:00Z After the rasping 25-yard drive that brought Derby level in their win against West Bromwich Albion on Saturday, Bent has the same tally in 13 games. FA Cup: talking points from the third round matches 2017-01-09T05:00:00Z When I first saw Franklin perform live, last spring, at the newly renovated Kings Theatre in Brooklyn, he stood at center stage, spotlit, rasping out preachy interjections whenever his singers paused for breath. How Kirk Franklin Is Pushing the Boundaries of Gospel 2017-01-08T05:00:00Z The presence of scratches on the inner surface of Alfred’s teeth suggest he was rasping his tongue along the back of them when feeding. How did the whale get its “moustache”? | Elsa Panciroli 2016-11-29T05:00:00Z In France’s previous qualifier, he struck the winner in a 1-0 win away to the Netherlands with a rasping 30-meter strike. Pogba continues his scoring touch as France beats Sweden 2-1 2016-11-11T05:00:00Z Even minor injuries cause unbearable burning pain, which soldiers liken to a “red-hot file rasping the skin”. Painful progress : Nature : Nature Publishing Group 2016-07-12T04:00:00Z The possessed girl, levitating and rasping in an “Exorcist” voice. ‘The Conjuring 2’: They’re heeere — all the scares you’ve seen before 2016-06-09T04:00:00Z Whenever he was threatened by a 23-year-old opponent playing his first grand slam match, however, he usually responded with a rasping winner. Kyrgios lights up damp opening day at French Open 2016-05-22T04:00:00Z She soldiers through the beginning of our interview until a rasping cough defeats her. DNCE: Putting the colour back into pop - BBC News 2016-04-29T04:00:00Z It punches strong at first, then fails suddenly, the sound of thin air rasping through a flute. Unexpected friendship forms in Kansas City hospice 2016-04-29T04:00:00Z A diving save to tip away Martin Frydek's rasping shot was the other highlight after Anya had bemused the home supporters by slotting Scotland in front. Czech Republic 0-1 Scotland 2016-03-24T04:00:00Z The Himalayan forest thrush, which lives in north-eastern India and China, was given away by its song which is richer and more musical than the similar-looking Alpine thrush’s rasping, grating, scratchy voice. 'Adele' like song leads scientists to identify bird as new species 2016-01-22T05:00:00Z EST 10:29 67 min: De Gea makes another wonderful save to deny Can, whose rasping, swerving drive from 25 yards was destined for the right corner until the United goalkeeper pushed it away. Liverpool v Manchester United: Premier League – as it happened 2016-01-17T05:00:00Z Toulouse went close to scoring when striker Wissam Ben Yedder struck the crossbar with a rasping drive in the first half. Ibrahimovic scores header as PSG wins 1-0 at Toulouse 2016-01-16T05:00:00Z His teeth are big and white, his eyes are small and piercing, his voice is rasping. How presidents manipulate the media and the public 2016-01-08T05:00:00Z In the courtyard outside, the air was filled with voices, the roar of engines, the shrill rasping of cicadas. The Terrible Beauty of Brain Surgery 2015-12-30T05:00:00Z The song of the alpine thrush, Zoothera mollissima, “sounds very unmusical, with a mainly rasping, grating, scratchy, cracked voice and a few squeaky, clearer notes admixed,” according to the researchers. 'Adele' like song leads scientists to identify bird as new species 2016-01-22T05:00:00Z The 4C, especially with the top ripped off, is a snarling, rasping, wheezing monster. Alfa Romeo 4C Spider: driving the most impractical car I’ve ever loved 2015-11-21T05:00:00Z Only South Africans could come up with such a great show of song, dance and rasping vuvuzelas to defy the predictions of chaos and violent crime, and offer foreign visitors a warm welcome. Vuvuzelas, Pistorius and Mugabe’s warped rule: my six years in Africa 2015-11-17T05:00:00Z DC tried to counter immediately – as Espindola turned and hit a rasping shot from distance that didn’t miss by much. MLS playoffs: DC United 0-1 New York Red Bulls 2015-11-01T04:00:00Z The Swiss kept pushing, however, converting his fourth set point with a rasping backhand that delighted the majority of the 23,000 spectators. Djokovic beats Federer in US final 2015-09-13T04:00:00Z Then he fires a rasping shot that has Handanovic beaten but it also beats the goal by half a yard. Internazionale 1-0 Milan: Serie A – as it happened! 2015-09-13T04:00:00Z After treatment, the game continued with Oxlade-Chamberlain firing a rasping shot into the side netting. Arsenal stunned by 2-0 loss to West Ham after Cech errors 2015-08-09T04:00:00Z The Serb was the dominant force for much of the second set but Federer clung on to his serve and unleashed a series of rasping winners at 5-5 to set up a chance to break. Novak Djokovic beats Roger Federer in four sets in Wimbledon 2015 final 2015-07-12T04:00:00Z She found her range early under hazy skies on Court One, peppering the baseline with her usual array of missiles and breaking for a 3-1 lead with a rasping crosscourt winner. Sharapova into last eight after downing battling Diyas 2015-07-06T04:00:00Z From the beginning, Kukushkin was not shy in the shot, and hit some of his forehands with rasping power at the lines to stay on level terms in the first quarter of an hour. Andy Murray starts Wimbledon with straight sets Mikhail Kukushkin win 2015-06-30T04:00:00Z Then he fires a rasping shot that has Handanovic beaten but it also beats the goal by half a yard. Internazionale 1-0 Milan: Serie A – as it happened! 2015-09-13T04:00:00Z Murray increased the pain with a brilliant lob followed by a rasping backhand winner to grab the key break at 3-2. Murray beats Kyrgios to progress 2015-05-30T04:00:00Z He walked with a slow shuffle, though without the support of a cane, and he spoke in a low, rasping voice that demanded close attention to be heard at all. John Nash’s memorable final appearances 2015-05-29T04:00:00Z Speaking in a rasping and sometimes shaky voice, the 82-year-old told the Phoenix courtroom that others were given the task of complying with the judge's 2011 court order. Arizona's Sheriff Arpaio says he delegated court order on profiling 2015-04-22T04:00:00Z Murray almost clinched victory with a fifth break and had to recover from 0-30 when trying to serve it out, but a rasping forehand sealed victory and he let out a scream of delight. Murray powers past Berdych in Miami 2015-04-03T04:00:00Z "I was nervous in the beginning," the 33-year-old from Brindisi said after ending the match with a rasping forehand crosscourt winner. Sharapova and Pennetta reach third round 2015-03-14T04:00:00Z Sam Andrew's psychedelic guitar sound was the backdrop for the rasping vocals of singer Janis Joplin. Been and Gone: Champion F1 designer and Janis Joplin's guitarist 2015-03-02T05:00:00Z Others see less swashbuckling beginnings: Owners sick of their rasping cries set them free. Resilient Monk Parrots Flock to Queens and Beyond 2014-09-16T04:00:00Z In just a few months Thak had gone from being robust and happy to listless with a rasping cough that makes him cry out. South Sudan: Heading for man-made famine 2014-07-03T04:00:00Z Jones found the target in the 64th with a rasping drive from 30 yards. 2014 World Cup: United States settles for 2-2 tie after Portugal scores in stoppage time From that moment on, Wawrinka powered away from his illustrious opponent, breaking for the third time in the match on his way to a 4-0 lead and sealing victory with a rasping forehand winner. Wawrinka takes Monte Carlo title 2014-04-20T15:48:32Z Hamilton's one lap, the first public appearance of a new car on track, indicated the whinier and less rasping sound would take some getting used to. Hamilton gets Formula One's new turbo era under way 2014-01-28T09:23:51Z The Swiss produced a golden performance - full of rasping baseline winners and devastatingly good volleys - but Murray still made too many unforced and uncharacteristic errors, and threw in a few double faults at critical times. Murray suffers from post-Wimbledon comedown 2013-09-06T05:26:56Z Look for a tiny hole in the shell where the whelk's rasping tongue attacked Have you found any wildlife wonders at the beach? Seaside trash and treasure 2013-07-26T01:45:16Z As the sun finally sets towards midnight on the summer solstice, the standing stones of Callanish echo to a strange rasping sound: the repetitive, two-note call of the corncrake. The corncrake's midsummer comeback 2013-06-20T23:50:56Z He was shot 16 times and is still in a hospital bed, hooked up to tubes and monitors, his eyes yellow and jaundiced from infections and medication, his voice weak and rasping. How LA surgeons cope in gang gun war 2013-05-30T23:50:10Z He delivered the all-important bulletin with the rasping calm that has set the tone for his players' preparations. Gareth Bale set to return for Tottenham against Manchester City 2013-04-19T21:30:02Z After winning a free-kick on the edge of the visitors' area, Totti slammed a low, rasping effort into the bottom corner. Serie A: Rome's original Papa Francesco thrills his congregation 2013-03-18T10:14:35Z After breaking back in the seventh with a rasping forehand winner down the line, Kvitova lost serve in the eighth with her 13th double fault of the match. Kvitova ousted by Kirilenko at Indian Wells 2013-03-14T00:11:50Z After Cameron unleashed a couple of rasping cover drives, some cheeky oik had the audacity to remove the PM's off stump. Prospect of selling RBS and Lloyds recedes as Hester's innings drags on 2013-02-23T20:27:39Z Just before half time, he embarrassed Joe Cole and Mark Noble with a stunning turn, before sending a rasping effort inches past the left post. Fulham 3-1 West Ham United 2013-01-30T21:59:02Z Yes it’s a few days of exhausting, throat rasping, sensory deprivation inside a triple-glazed sound booth, but you’ll discover that the written word is very different than the spoken word. So You're a Scientist Wanting to Write a Popular Science Book? 2013-01-04T12:45:02.857Z Ashley Young pounced to convert the rebound when Van Persie's rasping shot cannoned back off the inside of Hart's left-hand post, but he was flagged offside in a marginal decision. Man City 2-3 Man Utd 2012-12-09T15:25:38Z There was a mesmeric quality about Bale's turn, surge and rasping shot. Tottenham Hotspur 3-1 West Ham United 2012-11-25T18:36:36Z Yet, the quality is still there, the strokes full of rasping power, the court movement a ballet of energy. Laura Robson's landmark US Open triumph leaves Kim Clijsters baffled 2012-08-30T08:38:07Z "What's what?" replies The Fiver, suppressing what it feels might be a rasping belch. The Fiver 2012-08-24T15:00:14Z Base Camp echoes with the sound of sudden rasping inhales throughout the night. A Physicist on Everest: How Body and Mind Break Down at Elevation 2012-07-20T10:15:05.617Z He drives nicely through the covers and straight and, when the opportunity is presented, rarely fails to capitalise with his rasping square cut. Cook's unbeaten ton guides England 2012-07-19T19:28:18Z Moments later, Cabaye was fractions from adding a second, when his rasping drive, following sustained France pressure, rattled the left-hand post. Ukraine 0-2 France 2012-06-15T18:47:16Z Sugar of lead he mixed largely in his conserves; pulverized human bones he was very fond of prescribing; and the principal ingredient in his gout-powder was ‘raspings of a human skull unburied.’ The Doctor in History, Literature, Folk-Lore, Etc. 2012-04-25T02:01:14.613Z This rough-shod evangel, with the rasping voice, and angular features, and pungent words—we neither like him nor his new gospel at first. A Breeze from the Woods, 2nd Ed. 2012-04-23T02:00:29.820Z A rasping sound, as the bolt securing the door was shot back, interrupted the conversation before Sefton had time to mature his immediate plans. With Beatty off Jutland A Romance of the Great Sea Fight 2012-04-21T02:00:25.260Z Grant speaks favorably of yesterday’s battle, speaks with a rasping voice, hand to his throat. Voices from the Past 2012-04-19T02:00:30.787Z Occasionally he would hook his fingers in his waistcoat, balance himself on his heels and with a mere moderation of his rasping tones, demonstrate a contemptuous faith in the strength of his case. Mrs. Balfame A Novel 2012-04-15T02:00:04.827Z "I don't see no other way for it," said Jane, calmly, drawing her thimble down a seam to flatten it, with a rasping noise which set her charge's teeth on edge. The Tree of Knowledge A Novel 2012-04-05T02:00:35.603Z On a sudden a voice, a harsh, rasping voice, speaking a strange clipped jargon, roused him effectually. The Man in Black 2012-03-30T02:00:14.473Z Presently an unmistakable rasping sound announced the fact that the driver, finding the gradient too severe, had let in the lowest gear. With Beatty off Jutland A Romance of the Great Sea Fight 2012-04-21T02:00:25.260Z The lawyer's rasping voice ceased for a moment. The New Rector 2012-03-22T02:00:35.997Z "So you shall, then!" cried a rasping voice, suddenly, from behind me. Mr. Punch in the Hunting Field 2012-03-17T02:01:06.070Z “It’s like a really organic, biological sounding rasping, but it’s really nice, like krrrup, ,” he continued, pausing amid a tangle of wire to roll his R’s. Is Silence Going Extinct? 2012-03-15T22:17:17Z "And why?" he said, in a voice like the rasping of a file. Historical Romances: Under the Red Robe, Count Hannibal, A Gentleman of France 2012-03-15T02:00:24.837Z There was something coarse and rasping in the way the boy repeated the latter phrase of the words he had overheard at the green and yellow shed. The Auto Boys' Quest 2012-03-12T03:00:25.647Z Thin and strident, it stabbed the stillness like the rasping shrill of a katydid. Travelers Five Along Life's Highway 2012-03-11T03:00:12.927Z The author of Walden seemed, indeed, to single out Prescott for special animadversion in this respect, and his rather rasping sentences contain the only jarring notes that were sounded by any contemporary of the historian. William Hickling Prescott 2012-03-11T03:00:12.297Z While he was there, he caught the low rasping notes of the forest-beetle. Samba A Story of the Rubber Slaves of the Congo 2012-03-07T03:00:16.567Z Not your curled hair brickbats; not your stiff, fluted, rasping covers, or limp cotton cases; but a good, generous, soft pillow, deftly cased in smooth, cool, untrimmed linen! Solomon 2012-02-29T03:00:26.127Z The coarse, rasping quality of his voice was the more pronounced as he put more contempt in it. The Auto Boys' Quest 2012-03-12T03:00:25.647Z When surprised, its white eye, blue dagger-like beak, and raised crest give it a strikingly bold and angry appearance, the effect of which is heightened by the harsh rasping scream it utters when disturbed. Argentine Ornithology, Volume I (of 2) A descriptive catalogue of the birds of the Argentine Republic. 2012-02-26T03:00:17.560Z There was no rasping harshness in her tones; indeed, her talk was dashed with joviality. Vignettes of Manhattan; Outlines in Local Color 2012-02-20T03:00:20.550Z You're looking well, Terence,' he cried in his rasping voice, holding out a hand to each. My Lords of Strogue, Vol. II (of III) A Chronicle of Ireland, from the Convention to the Union 2012-02-15T03:00:26.817Z "Come, monsieur," he exclaimed, suddenly, in a hard, rasping voice. The Strand Magazine, Vol. 27, No. 161, May 1904 2012-02-11T03:03:45.230Z But I think we all halloo'd them as our saviours, and so even persuaded our ears to find pleasure in the rasping of their pipes. Lawrence Clavering 2012-02-01T03:00:11.667Z It is a shy, solitary bird, found in woods and thickets along the shores of La Plata; and utters occasionally a singular low rasping note, its only language. Argentine Ornithology, Volume I (of 2) A descriptive catalogue of the birds of the Argentine Republic. 2012-02-26T03:00:17.560Z His rather rasping voice sawed her nerves, and she detested the way he thrust forward his square chin. Vignettes of Manhattan; Outlines in Local Color 2012-02-20T03:00:20.550Z Peg′-fiched, an English game played with pegs or pointed sticks; Peg′-float, a machine for rasping away the ends of pegs inside shoes.—adj. Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary (part 3 of 4: N-R) 2012-01-30T03:00:13.887Z The shed was filled with a harsh, shrill, rasping sound, which set one's fingernails on edge. The Watchers A Novel 2012-01-29T03:00:08.560Z Overhead there was a bustle of blackbirds and thrushes; a gardener sharpening his scythe in the rose garden made a little rasping sound. The Truants 2012-01-28T03:00:26.257Z The rasping and scraping continued for some little time, and presently Grace, peering through the space between the curtains, saw a face appear at one of the windows. The Blue Lights A Detective Story 2012-01-17T03:00:19.713Z Suddenly in the silence of the room there sounded the rasping of bolts undrawn, the clanking of chains and the hoarse command of the sentries. When a Cobbler Ruled a King 2012-01-15T03:00:13.430Z There was silence for a moment in the office, a silence that seemed yet to echo to the rasping of the lock in the door, a sound that had a sinister meaning. Dorothy Dale in the City 2012-01-13T03:00:12.213Z He heard only the rasping of a bar being drawn from its sockets, and then the door swung in. The Code of the Mountains 2012-01-07T03:00:15.050Z At two months old the duck may be distinguished by her coarse quack, the drake by a fine, rasping noise, and later on by the curled feathers in his tail. Natural and Artificial Duck Culture 2012-01-04T03:00:33.923Z There were hoarse shouts from the immediate vicinity of the house, and Kip recognized the bellow of Joe Strong and the harsh rasping voice of Sergeant McGinty. Hooded Detective, Volume III No. 2, January, 1942 2012-01-04T03:00:28.750Z At last he caught it by a wing, haled it, hissing and struggling and uttering rasping cries, to the window, flung it without, and closed the sash with a bang. The King of Schnorrers Grotesques and Fantasies 2011-12-28T03:00:34.587Z With a succession of whirring, grating, rasping, grinding jerks the train slackened quickly, and in a moment everything was plunged in indescribable commotion. By Right of Sword 2011-12-22T03:00:24.563Z My spine was a bar of red-hot iron rasping up and down along the exposed ends of all its connecting nerves, when a throaty “Aw right!” from Ike signalled that the worst was past. Down the Columbia 2011-12-10T03:00:16.583Z "Stop, you blackguards," cried a rasping voice above the noise of fast approaching hoofs. The Passionate Elopement 2011-12-02T03:00:19.930Z So the Bear and the Wolf poured some sand in their straw and their chaff and sure enough, when they turned their millstones again, they, too, got a rough rasping sound. Mighty Mikko A Book of Finnish Fairy Tales and Folk Tales 2011-11-25T03:00:15.030Z It is on a false pitch throughout, and the most rasping book of recent times. Essays on Modern Novelists 2011-11-22T03:00:10.817Z Do you mean to tell me that that rasping, creaking screech was meant to be an imitation of my voice? A Duel 2011-11-20T03:00:13.840Z A harsh, rasping, cac-cac-cac; and a low, rich whistle, audible only at a short distance. Color Key to North American Birds with bibiographical appendix 2011-11-15T03:00:21.677Z A hoarse and rasping voice responded, but at first he could make out no words. The Gray Phantom 2011-11-04T02:00:21.427Z They were aware of a strange, rasping, scraping sound. The Girl Crusoes A Story of the South Seas 2011-11-03T02:00:16.647Z Later, however, owing perhaps to a certain rasping quality in Laura's voice, it grew very tiresome. Dandelion Cottage 2011-10-29T02:00:16.960Z What funded wealth of tenderness, What ingots of the heart and mind He must uneasily repress Beneath the rasping daily grind. Chimneysmoke 2011-10-27T02:00:25.953Z A rasping, clattering croak, uttered when fighting or in coming to the nest. Color Key to North American Birds with bibiographical appendix 2011-11-15T03:00:21.677Z He fairly shouted the last word, but The Phantom doubted whether his thin and rasping voice went farther than the walls. The Gray Phantom 2011-11-04T02:00:21.427Z The motor was wheezing like a worn-out animal and emitting smoke from numerous leaky joints, while the clutch, slipping badly, was rasping like a rusty file. The Wireless Officer 2011-10-24T02:00:17.560Z Then Laura perched herself on one of the square posts of the dividing fence and began to sing—in her high, rasping, exasperating voice—a song that was almost too personal to be pleasant. Dandelion Cottage 2011-10-29T02:00:16.960Z The bottle scraped along the table, and he could hear the audible gulping of liquor, the tap of the returned glasses, and the harsh rasping of throats as they were cleared of the fiery bite. Snowdrift A Story of the Land of the Strong Cold 2011-10-23T02:00:22.547Z And yet, I hear black birch leaves breaking off branches and rasping as they land on the rocks below. City Room: Autumn Unfolds, With Birdsong and Crackling Leaves 2011-10-14T21:23:28Z Townsend turned a burst of laughter into a rasping cough. The Sins of the Children A Novel 2011-10-09T02:00:27.520Z Olive could hear the search in progress; first the clatter of the detached locker-cover, as it slipped upon the stern-sheets, then the rasping of a metal-bound keg, and the metallic clank of the lamp. The Wireless Officer 2011-10-24T02:00:17.560Z "Remember," said Mrs. Downing, thinking of Mrs. Milligan's rasping tones, "that there are two sides to every story." Dandelion Cottage 2011-10-29T02:00:16.960Z There were the rasping sounds made by cross parents when putting wraps on children. Of All Things 2011-10-09T02:00:26.957Z The mother now came close, and with hoarse rasping notes and frantic heaves of tail and wings lent encouragement. Jungle Peace 2011-10-06T02:00:42.363Z "Oil it well, or the rasping will give the show away." The Fight for Constantinople A Story of the Gallipoli Peninsula 2011-10-04T02:00:17.837Z "You say he locked you in his bedroom!" she said, in a rasping whisper. Ann Boyd 2011-09-29T02:00:14.220Z The prowler advanced gropingly after closing the door behind him, and from time to time he cleared his throat with little rasping sounds, as some persons do when laboring under intense excitement. The Gray Phantom's Return 2011-09-22T02:00:27.150Z "Oh, Angelica is sweet enough," said the housekeeper suddenly, with a rasping sound, as if the words scraped her throat as she uttered them, "if you don't get in her way." The Builders 2011-09-19T02:00:09.067Z Cowdin produced a rasping sound by rubbing his chin with his finger. The Sin of Monsieur Pettipon and other humorous tales 2011-09-17T02:00:25.067Z The words were hardly out of his mouth when a dull, rasping sound announced the unpleasant fact that the submarine was scraping over the shingly bottom. The Fight for Constantinople A Story of the Gallipoli Peninsula 2011-10-04T02:00:17.837Z Indeed, it was impossible not to listen, every rasping word of the uncompromising harangue being more than audible at our end of the hut, no matter what we were doing. Notes of a Camp-Follower on the Western Front 2011-09-09T02:01:03.463Z Doctor Bimble’s thin and rasping voice startled the Phantom out of his reverie. The Gray Phantom's Return 2011-09-22T02:00:27.150Z As the house lights dimmed in the Venice Film Festival's Darsena Theater before the beginning of Contagion, a man sitting just behind us let out a few rasping coughs. Soderbergh's Contagion: Don't Touch Gwyneth Paltrow! 2011-09-04T14:15:00Z Because we were not speaking with a rasping Yankee twang, and “guessing,” and “reckoning,” he began to doubt whether we were Americans. Yankee Girls in Zulu Land 2011-08-31T02:01:39.710Z There was a sharp, rasping contact where the saw-toothed legs side-swiped my arms and face that would undoubtedly have left abrasions on the skin if it had been kept up for any time. Down the Yellowstone 2011-08-29T02:01:06.730Z Mrs. Varick," now said a cold, rasping voice to Pauline, "have you managed to enjoy yourself, thus far? The Adventures of a Widow A Novel 2011-08-25T02:00:27.403Z She seated herself in an arm-chair, and for some minutes there was dead silence, broken only by the ticking of the clock and the rasping notes of Mr. Hardcastle's violoncello. The Girls of St. Cyprian's A Tale of School Life 2011-08-24T02:00:19.813Z His voice had lost all its rasping quality now. The Other Fellow 2011-08-23T02:00:31.420Z Then the strokes that Cook-watchers recognise as his hardy perennials were in evidence: the clip off his legs, the rasping square cut and pull. Alastair Cook's cruise control eclipses England's egos and Indian stars 2011-08-11T19:55:38Z "The government is rotten!" the stoop-shouldered cigar maker had complained just a moment before, rasping the air of his dingy little store with a high-pitched voice that was almost a whine. Get-Rich-Quick Wallingford 2011-08-11T02:00:13.017Z Then right under me commenced a vehement rasping and scratching in the floor, accompanied by continuous groans and cachinnation. The Devil's Elixir Vol. II (of 2) 2011-08-09T02:00:28.197Z I became used to the first shudder of the rasping sound. My Attainment of the Pole 2011-08-05T02:00:54.720Z The rasping chords of a hard-working male quartette beyond the archway repeated a syncopated 9 rhythm for the entertainment of the patrons of the tables. The Heart of Canyon Pass 2011-08-04T02:00:24.083Z The Latvian set up match point with a delicate forehand drop shot before clinching his second ATP title with a rasping forehand winner down the line. Gulbis stuns Fish to win LA International 2011-08-01T05:41:36Z One moment she seemed out of doors, with the cold rasping her skin everywhere, going down her back like a stream of ice-water. In Wild Rose Time 2011-08-01T02:00:13.473Z However, the keeper's intervention failed to ignite a Hibs comeback and Ki sent a rasping drive over in the closing stages. Celtic start season with solid win 2011-07-24T13:29:41Z Before the igloo was finished a steady, rasping wind brushed the hummocks and piled the snow in large dunes about us, like the sand of home shores. My Attainment of the Pole 2011-08-05T02:00:54.720Z Then a little wave broke on the beach, and withdrew, rasping over the stones. A Book About the Theater 2011-07-21T02:00:23.843Z Norton's strong jaw closed with a snap, and he felt his whole being quiver at the rasping sound of her familiar tones. The Sins of the Father A Romance of the South 2011-07-10T02:00:23.033Z The confused clatter and buzz of a babel of tongues at length began to suffer abatement, then gave way to the rasping pandemonium of chairs pushed back by the dozen along the polished wooden floor. Fordham's Feud 2011-07-05T02:00:31.267Z Now, of all the laziest, shiftless beings there was no one who could start level with old Abe Pike, and this advice from him was rasping, but still he had his points. Tales from the Veld 2011-07-05T02:00:29.217Z Down in the valley two or three pairs of blue cranes roamed about picking in the grass, and every now and then their strange rasping note floated not unmelodiously through the calm. The Fire Trumpet A Romance of the Cape Frontier 2011-07-05T02:00:23.353Z The noise of rasping voices, the endless number of words thrown out by each mouth, the suddenness of their movements, astonished Antea, though accustomed in Alexandria to the word-loving liveliness of Greeks. Hania 2011-07-04T02:00:18.053Z Scattergood, nearly unhorsed by the sudden stoppage, was thrown off his guard, and in momentary confusion of mind called out in his rasping voice, "Steady, Meg, steady!" All Men are Ghosts 2011-06-28T02:00:12.497Z Down below had come those winking fangs again and Hilton's voice trailed into a rising, rasping gasp as missiles from his compatriots drilled his body. The Last Straw 2011-06-27T02:00:58.100Z Then the memory of that faint rasping sound, which had been the first thing to attract his attention before the smash, came back to him. The Trail of the Axe A Story of Red Sand Valley 2011-06-27T02:00:56.823Z The queen's voice changed suddenly, her tones were harsh and rasping. The Weight of the Crown 2011-06-26T02:00:09.240Z Although no light was visible, there were men within, for the subs could hear the rasping of a file and the sharp whirr of a hack-saw. Rounding up the Raider A Naval Story of the Great War 2011-06-24T02:00:25.163Z The square echoed and re-echoed to the clanging of hammers and the rasping of saws, and the guttural exclamations of the workmen. The Dispatch-Riders The Adventures of Two British Motor-cyclists in the Great War 2011-06-24T02:00:22.377Z The 13-times grand slam champion needed no second invitation, breaking again before crunching down a rasping 13th ace to move into the second round. Rusty Serena sees off Rezai at Wimbledon 2011-06-21T13:57:46Z "You clumsy dumb-bell!" she stormed in a rasping voice that must have carried clearly half across the room. Linda Lee, Incorporated A Novel 2011-06-19T02:00:18.633Z He had read the Lessons, as usual, but in a less rasping voice, so she had thought. The Soul of Susan Yellam 2011-06-16T02:00:19.090Z As he was straining at it a sharp rasping sound fell upon his ear. Rounding up the Raider A Naval Story of the Great War 2011-06-24T02:00:25.163Z "True friend!" echoed the doctor's dryest, most rasping tones. Jessamine A Novel 2011-06-15T02:00:24.413Z She has not heard her rasping voice, nor her heavy step in the outer room. Dangerous Ground or, The Rival Detectives 2011-06-11T02:00:11.853Z "Altho' he raised a rasping voice to persons who his view obstructed." Misrepresentative Men 2011-06-05T02:00:15.977Z The Captain read the lessons on Sunday in the same peremptory tones, raising a rasping voice and glaring at the congregation—a very mirth-provoking performance. The Soul of Susan Yellam 2011-06-16T02:00:19.090Z The sub distinctly heard the rasping of matches, and gradually the odour of South American tobacco assailed his nostrils. Rounding up the Raider A Naval Story of the Great War 2011-06-24T02:00:25.163Z Jessie checked his defence of his kinsman by saying, with a rasping laugh. Jessamine A Novel 2011-06-15T02:00:24.413Z The Chelsea midfielder, back for the first time since the 2010 finals after ending a self-imposed exile, set up an early chance with a rasping shot that the visiting goalkeeper spilled. Ghana win to stay top in Group I 2011-06-03T21:47:15Z There was kindness in the rasping voice, but no enthusiasm. Peccavi 2011-05-17T02:00:22.620Z Under the lash of his rasping voice, even Mrs. Yellam, louder in fervent response than usual, winced and frowned. The Soul of Susan Yellam 2011-06-16T02:00:19.090Z Even when Mrs. Shannon said pleasant things, which was not very often, she had a rasping, unpleasant voice. The Cinder Pond 2011-05-17T02:00:20.320Z They heard the oars tossed into the boat, and the rasping voice of the water-bailiff as he descended the stone steps of the quay and stepped into the boat. The Winning of the Golden Spurs 2011-05-17T02:00:18.050Z She spoke in a rasping tone with a nasal touch. At Boarding School with the Tucker Twins 2011-05-04T02:00:13.920Z In action, in size and something in appearance and rasping voice he much resembled our jays. Little Pills, An Army Story Being Some Experiences of a United States Army Medical Officer on the Frontier Nearly a Half Century Ago 2011-04-28T02:00:13.453Z His voice was singularly rasping and dissonant, which seemed an unfortunate incongruity in a professor of music. That Unfortunate Marriage, Vol. 1 2011-04-26T02:00:29.063Z There was a noisy flapping of wings and a harsh rasping screech. The Golden Galleon BEING A NARRATIVE OF THE ADVENTURES OF MASTER GILBERT OGLANDER, AND OF HOW, IN THE YEAR 1591, HE FOUGHT UNDER THE GALLANT SIR 2011-04-25T02:00:10.333Z All this he explained to Hall in his gay, rasping Spanish. The Five Arrows 2011-04-21T02:00:45.940Z “Don’t mention it, mum,” said Shan, taking off his old cap when the last awful, rasping, despairing note of the bray had died down into silence. Humours of Irish Life 2011-04-19T02:00:16.057Z Usually he, too, was careful to avoid direct discussions with Lady Eglinton, whose rasping voice was wont to irritate him, but this morning he seemed disinclined to meet Lydie's appealing eyes. Petticoat Rule 2011-04-18T02:00:14.507Z He merely sagged forward and felt the horse lunge and plunge and climb with him, heard the rasping breath that seemed to come from a torn throat. I Conquered 2011-04-15T02:00:19.800Z From beyond the flat roof there rose the rasping thud of machetes swinging amidst the cane and the musical clink of hoes, with the dull rumble of the crushing machinery as an undertone. The Dust of Conflict 2011-04-14T02:01:04.343Z The cremona, worth its weight in gold, may once have been harsh, with dissonant tones, rasping to the ear. Studies in the Out-Lying Fields of Psychic Science 2011-04-14T02:00:40.453Z Jimmy, with a gloomy expression, gazed toward the one window, where a frozen pine bough occasionally scraped against the pane with a rasping sound that was heard above the rattle of the sashes. The Secret of the Reef 2011-04-12T02:00:26.980Z His voice came now in a rasping whisper. The Hills of Refuge A Novel 2011-04-09T02:00:10.530Z At the end of each cross section, they rested and whetted their blades and the noise was in key with the rasping song of the harvest fly. Voices; Birth-Marks; The Man and the Elephant 2011-03-28T02:00:27.040Z Instead of the intoxicating consciousness of triumph wherein he had hoped to revel, he was tormented, from morning until night, by a sensation of rasping humiliation. 'Gloria Victis!' A Romance 2011-03-26T02:00:13.597Z Hugh listened to his uncle’s hard, rasping words, and in reply said: “Are you going home soon?” McClure's Magazine, Vol. 1, No. 3, August, 1893 2011-03-20T02:00:35.193Z With late afternoon shadows lengthening on the showpiece stadium court, he ended the match with a rasping backhand winner down the line before saluting the crowd by raising both arms skywards. Djokovic, Robredo and del Potro reach last eight 2011-03-17T00:38:34Z "What do you want?" he asked in a high-pitched rasping voice, squinting at me, when his customer went out, cursing him for the smallness of the amount he had received for the coat. The Man Without a Memory 2011-03-09T03:00:45.963Z "Can not have his dollars!" echoed a rasping voice which, from its smothered sound, probably came from the bearded lips of the old reprobate in the chair. The Amethyst Box 2011-03-02T03:00:29.083Z His voice was hoarse and rasping, his face very calm and as if petrified by anger and such a mental torment as he had never before experienced. Asbe?n From the Life of a Virtuoso 2011-02-27T03:00:30.780Z Before long the commander of the submarine heard the trawl rasping along his hull. The Childrens' Story of the War, Volume 3 (of 10) 2011-02-26T03:00:45.583Z At every opportunity she kept a stealthy watch over every customer who came into the shop, and all the day she was for ever listening for that hollow, rasping cough. The Little Missis 2011-02-26T03:00:44.830Z Instinctively Kirkwood likened it to a boy rasping a stick along a row of iron palings. Billy Barcroft, R.N.A.S. A story of the Great War 2011-02-24T03:01:02.917Z Immediately beneath, rising and falling on the gentle waves beneath the bank, appeared a canoe, rasping upon the rock and lightly secured by a birch fibre to a willow branch overhanging the stream. Menotah A Tale of the Riel Rebellion 2011-02-14T03:00:35.553Z She was considerably older than her husband, with repulsive features and a loud, sharp voice that lent something rasping to her words. 'Clear the Track' A Story of To-day 2011-02-09T03:00:49.283Z Like a cyclone this tirade enveloped me, bursting upon my ears in a high, rasping voice which dragged on my nerves after the manner of a file. A Maid of the Kentucky Hills 2011-02-04T03:00:15.877Z "On the road, Jack?" he said, in a hoarse, rasping voice, sizing me up with sharp gray eyes in that all-embracing glance which hoboes so soon acquire. Notes of an Itinerant Policeman 2011-01-24T03:00:19.187Z A dull, rasping sound and the splash of disturbed water broke the silence. Billy Barcroft, R.N.A.S. A story of the Great War 2011-02-24T03:01:02.917Z “I can’t—I won’t, I shall faint!” shrieked a rasping feminine voice, as a staunch sailor was compelled to carry her down the swaying ladder. The Boys of the Wireless 2011-01-24T03:00:17.997Z "All right," and Harry began to read with a comical nasal twang, very rasping to Flora's feelings, but she had the wisdom to say nothing. The Hazeley Family 2011-01-24T03:00:16.447Z Dazed, he turned to get up, but sank to his face with clenched teeth and a rasping intake of breath. Lost Farm Camp 2011-01-23T03:00:16.437Z The tone was rasping, but I could not make it otherwise. The Land of Frozen Suns 2011-01-23T03:00:15.307Z Fulham were the more urgent, striking the bar early on with a rasping shot from Damien Duff and eventually leading just after the half-hour. Fulham 2-0 Stoke City 2011-01-22T17:35:59Z The ocean was a flat calm, but a rough, rasping tremor ran through the men. Louis Zamperini: survival of the fittest 2011-01-16T00:04:04Z This appeared to be a signal, the third signal agreed upon, for a voice from below, a woman's voice, but hoarse and rasping in its tones, asked: "Is that you, Daddy Walter?" The Woman of Mystery 2011-01-15T03:00:36.260Z Never a word said the young riverman as he turned and clattered down the trail, his calked boots rasping on the pebbles. Lost Farm Camp 2011-01-23T03:00:16.437Z There he stood, allowing the cowboy to scratch his shaggy forehead, and licking his hand with his rough, rasping tongue. The Yellow Rose 2011-01-12T03:00:29.407Z Then the judge turned pale, and in that rasping voice which all who knew him remember well, commanded the sheriff to seat the prisoner, which was done. Collection of Nebraska Pioneer Reminiscences 2011-01-05T03:00:58.503Z "Bow Bells, Gunsight, Dragoon, Shadyside and the Rafter L," repeated Dawson, rasping a hand across his stubbly chin. The Rider of Golden Bar 2011-01-04T03:01:06.347Z Nothing but the puffing of the bellows, the clinking of the hammer on the anvil, and the rasping of files was heard now for forty-eight hours. Memoirs of Service Afloat, During the War Between the States 2011-01-04T03:01:01.887Z There was a rasping sound and the ponderous gates swung apart. Caravans By Night A Romance of India 2011-01-03T03:01:02.370Z But Gareth Bale made sure of the points for the home side, surging down the left and firing in a rasping effort. Tottenham 2-0 Newcastle 2010-12-28T16:56:04Z If the Val de Pe�as is rasping to his palate, he ignores that the taste for wine, as for olives and Dublin stout and Glenlivat, is acquired. Romantic Spain A Record of Personal Experiences (Vol. I) 2010-12-27T03:00:17.990Z A soft October breeze rustled the tree tops and partially drowned the noise of rasping dry leaves under foot. Camps and Trails 2010-12-20T17:12:16.133Z Again Noble and Dyer caused the problems following the delivery, and Victor Obinna, who appears a particularly smart acquisition by Grant, worried Cudicini with a rasping shot. West Ham United 1-0 Tottenham Hotspur 2010-09-25T16:14:00Z The scientists said they tracked the frogs by their call, a series of "harsh rasping notes" that started at sundown. Pea sized frog found on Borneo island 2010-08-25T07:33:00Z It was a rasping, instinctive, first-time shot and the ball was still rising as it hit the back of the net. Hern?ndez ignites but Rooney put out 2010-08-04T23:02:00Z Spaniard Nadal, who also saw off Soderling's challenge in the French Open final earlier this month, squandered his first match point before sealing victory with a trademark rasping forehand down the line. Nadal tames Soderling to reach Wimbledon semis 2010-06-30T17:48:00Z Murray held firm to take the tie-break 10-8 with a rasping backhand and once he had broken the Spaniard in the first game of the second set, the result was never in doubt. Murray makes victorious return to grass 2010-06-08T20:05:00Z He paused to take another suck at his cigarette, then exhaled, rasping his lips in exasperation. The Spin 2010-04-27T12:02:00Z Simon Davies's rasping shot from range was the first effort to challenge Heurelho Gomes's goal, the Brazilian desperately punching the ball to safety. Tottenham 3-1 Fulham 2010-03-24T23:50:00Z Ten minutes later he doubled his tally, following up Lampard's initial shot - well blocked by James - to once again fire a rasping shot high into the net. Chelsea thump Pompey to go second 2010-03-24T22:32:00Z The Spaniard settled the tie by poking home following Gerrard's rasping shot. Torres double helps Liverpool progress 2010-03-18T21:55:00Z Right-winger Abel tried his luck from long-range and saw his rasping shot whistle past the post. 2010-02-16T23:14:00Z She lets a couple of set points slip by but takes the third with a rasping cross-court backhand winner. 2010-01-25T23:56:00Z Isner scrambled to save break points in games four and six but there was no way out in game eight when Murray broke to love with a rasping forehand winner for a 5-3 lead. 2010-01-24T05:38:00Z One of them subsided and sat on the running board, his breath rasping and tearing in his throat. H.M.S. —— You had perceived upon what measure of aggression, upon what rasping unkindnesses, the applause of your fellows was bestowed. A Cursory History of Swearing Brownie cheers blended with the rasping clatter of the Pixies' drum beaten by Stridulans and his drum corps. Old Farm Fairies: A Summer Campaign In Brownieland Against King Cobweaver's Pixies Then he hadn't heard Aunt Anastasia calling me in that very rasping voice the other evening. Miss Million's Maid A Romance of Love and Fortune "Gossiping at the gate, as usual!" he cried, with a kind of rasping raillery. Witching Hill Well, I must say, Nephew Richard," he began, in a rasping voice, "that this is a nice reception for me. Dick Hamilton's Cadet Days The Handicap of a Millionaire's Son From this cause it arose, as there is now every reason to suspect, that the country was at one time inundated with a torrent of the most acrid and rasping blasphemy. A Cursory History of Swearing Words like these, followed by the clatter of claws, and the sharp rasping of fangs were heard in every quarter. Old Farm Fairies: A Summer Campaign In Brownieland Against King Cobweaver's Pixies There was an irritable, rasping murmur from Winthrope, and again came Blake’s loud retort. Into the Primitive "We'll know now!" and Bill's words came out in a harsh, rasping voice that matched exactly with his long, thin body and coarse yellow hair. The Red Mustang They closed round him, and he was lost in the crowd; only his rasping laugh was still audible. Regina or the Sins of the Fathers With a funereal but businesslike demeanor she began to remove the d�bris of the meal, at intervals giving vent to a rasping cough or a malignant sniff. The Gay Adventure A Romance Then he heard old Caryll's rasping cough and broken benignant sentences, which with all their memories lulled his emotion to quietude again. Sinister Street, vol. 1 She had quite forgot to feel injured, and was learning to endure with patience the rasping of the fibre between her fingers, when Winthrope came clambering around the corner of the cliff. Into the Primitive The wind, as though rasping down iron, grates past, And, furious and fast, from afar combs the cold And white avalanches of winter the old. Poems of Emile Verhaeren The other figure, with an eye blackened and bleeding from the raw scratches of finger-nails about the lids, came more slowly to his feet, his breath rasping with passion and exhaustion. The Tempering Jane forced a laugh that was harsh to the point of rasping. The Cottage of Delight A Novel Mr. Caryll took off two pairs of spectacles and examined Michael through the remaining pair, rasping out the familiar cough as he did so. Sinister Street, vol. 1 Why need he speak in such a high, rasping voice that it went through one's head like a saw? Yiddish Tales There was silence for a moment, save only for the rasping of the file, and then the Butcher spoke again. The Night Operator From the darkness beneath came the sound of a badly-hung door rasping on its hinges. The Land of Strong Men "You are beating about the bush," he said, huskily, and another rasping laugh issued. The Cottage of Delight A Novel Mr. Caryll had many idiosyncrasies, amongst others a rasping cough which punctuated all his sentences and a curious habit of combining three pairs of spectacles according to his distance from the object in view. Sinister Street, vol. 1 The 267next instant the sharp rasping of a file could be heard in the silent workshop. The Girl Aviators and the Phantom Airship Hereupon they gravely saluted each other, came to the engage and once more the place echoed to rasping steel and quick-thudding feet. Our Admirable Betty A Romance The banker shuffled on the floor and drowned the groan by loudly rasping his throat. The Progressionists, and Angela. Jane forced a rasping, throaty laugh that fairly snarled with insincerity. The Cottage of Delight A Novel “What is it?” he demanded in an irritable, rasping voice. Kastle Krags A Story of Mystery Mrs. Skinner was more silent than ever during the next few days, and when she spoke it was to scold Bet in a rasping voice. Little Miss Joy His voice was high-pitched and rasping; and his speech was petulance grown old and unreasoning. A Romance in Transit As their eyes met, Mrs. Masterbrook made a strange rasping sound in her throat. Penny Nichols and the Knob Hill Mystery The harsh, raucous, nasal, penetrating, rasping, irritating voice of that clergyman only served to emphasize the delight in listening to Beecher. Great Singers on the Art of Singing Educational Conferences with Foremost Artists A thin, angular figure stood in the doorway, and a rasping voice exclaimed in disgusted tones: "What is this smell of burning?" Just Gerry There was a short, uncomfortable period of silence, for the tone of the Professor of Eloquence had been somewhat rasping. The White Plumes of Navarre A Romance of the Wars of Religion The bell had stopped immediately when the Rector arrived; and the wind seemed now much louder as it went howling round the great church or rasping through the yews and junipers. Plashers Mead A Novel The roots are preserved for use by being simply cleaned, sliced and dried; from such dried slices manioc or cassava meal, used for cassava cakes, &c., is prepared by rasping. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 5, Slice 4 "Carnegie Andrew" to "Casus Belli" How demulcent the effect of a gracious voice, and how rasping that of a snappish one! The Voice and Spiritual Education Black and white, striped; white belly; female shows more white below; creeps up and down trees like the Nuthatches; song rapid and rasping, “he´-ho, he´-ho, he´-ho.” Wild Birds in City Parks Being hints on identifying 145 birds, prepared primarily for the spring migration in Lincoln Park, Chicago The violet spark was rasping, and the operator, his receivers strapped over his ears, strained to listen. The Indian Drum My sister was asked in a rasping official voice, filled with the large contempt for women which a certain type of German official always reeks with, "Sind Sie ledig?" Confessions of an Opera Singer Sharp danger and quick recovery, sliding moss and rasping rock, the clutch of thorn and creeper—all the rude intricacies of wet earth and teeming jungle seemed things accepted and accessory. Where the Pavement Ends “Gently, old man, gently,” a rough fellow with a rasping voice answered. A Gallant Grenadier A Tale of the Crimean War I saw it move—move away with a rasping noise—and there was a hole wide enough to give passage to a man’s body. The King's Assegai A Matabili Story The warmth revived him; he sat up, coughing and breathing quickly and with a loud, rasping wheeze. The Indian Drum “Oh!” said Mr Piper slowly, as he made a curious rasping noise by rubbing a rough finger upon his closely-shaven cheek: “have not got the money by you.” The New Mistress A Tale Then the hoarse, rasping screech of the foghorn rent the night as the ship drove slowly through the smother, whose steamy folds blotted out the stars. A Veldt Official A Novel of Circumstance But just then a sound reached his ear—a faint, stealthy rasping. Renshaw Fanning's Quest A Tale of the High Veldt “Let them take the laagers,” he said in a rasping voice. With Rifle and Bayonet A Story of the Boer War There was a faint, rasping sound, and the glimmer of a flame lit the room. With Wolseley to Kumasi A Tale of the First Ashanti War There’s honesty enough in you, Nick, without rasping and hawking.’ Rewards and Fairies His voice was hard and rasping, and there was a sneer in it, an angry gleam in his eyes. The Intriguers With a rasping screech of rusty hinges the gate moved ponderously inward, and Conan straightened and drew his sword. Red Nails The new sound was an unearthly rasping noise that roared about his head and crashed against his ear drums with terrifying impact. Monsoons of Death A rasping, sharp, fretful or uncompromising tone may be as disagreeable as a wrong accent, but the harps of our spirits, finely and delicately strung, vibrate and thrill to kindly, cheerfully spoken words. The Head Girl at the Gables A shrill, strident, rasping snore came through the partition, which was constructed of very thin boarding. The Luck of Gerard Ridgeley The very tone was hard and rasping, and her face had gone pale. The Triumph of Hilary Blachland Then upon the black gloom of his mind came the consciousness of approaching voices—then the rattle and rasping of the padlock, and the door was opened. Aletta A Tale of the Boer Invasion The dry, rustling rasping sound that emanated from them seemed to partake of the same nature as the electrical energy generated by the monsoon, but that was only a fleeting, terror-strained impression. Monsoons of Death I had stopped but a moment, when a shrill, rasping voice came across the creek, making the men jump to their work with a will. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 16, No. 95, September 1865 "You are come to, I notice," the creature said, employing a rasping blurred form of English. Deepfreeze First manifestation of weird rasping sounds which precede speech formation. The Brain A guard cleared his throat uneasily, sending a harsh rasping note against the silence. Warrior of the Dawn The sound seemed everywhere; it seemed to emanate from the unleashed forces of the storm itself; its marrow-chilling, rasping moan was a demoniacal cry, screaming a weird defiance into the teeth of the mighty monsoon. Monsoons of Death "The faster the better," supplemented his companion, in a queer, rasping voice. The Boy Scouts for Uncle Sam From a small orifice in the panel, a reply issued; cold and rasping in tonal quality. Fair and Warmer Sometimes the swinging line, like an inspired ballerina, would take a mighty jump accompanied by rasping earphone sounds, not like tickings of a heart, but rather like a heavy breathing under emotional stress. The Brain And suddenly it was borne in upon Chet's consciousness that he had been hearing a sound—a sound that was louder now—a rustling!—a clashing of dry, rasping things! Brood of the Dark Moon The harrowing rasping undertone of the crushing gale was growing and swelling—it seemed to be converging on him from all sides, a creation of the gray whining murk of the monsoon. Monsoons of Death "No, thank you, Nephew Richard," replied Uncle Ezra, in rasping tones. Dick Hamilton's Fortune The Stirring Doings of a Millionaire's Son I heard a rasping sound by my ear and straightened. The Holes Around Mars There was a pattern to these rasping breathings as of typewriter keys forming words. The Brain "That same line you advised, has got three as rasping fences as I should like to meet with." The O'Donoghue Tale Of Ireland Fifty Years Ago Then he heard the rasping noise of the things directly ahead of him, and an instant later he was able dimly to make out their weaving shapes in the swirling mists of the storm. Monsoons of Death The170 latter walked into the store, and, in his rasping voice, asked for two glasses of water. Dick Hamilton's Fortune The Stirring Doings of a Millionaire's Son The rasping of the file was audible amidst the roaring of the sea. Toilers of the Sea But only for a moment and then the rasping, unearthly sounds started on a new rhythm, trying to form speech again. The Brain Troop leaders, subalterns and sergeants were forever coming in for a rasping, and each successive day the command paced slowly, sedately homeward, cooling off after a hot drill, looking more and more sullen and disgusted. A Soldier's Trial An Episode of the Canteen Crusade His arm whipped back and the second pellet crashed into the serried ranks of the deadly rasping creatures. Monsoons of Death He found it impossible to be still, to keep his seat or control his rasping, irritable voice. The Destroying Angel There was a rasping noise, like somebody dragging a rake ... or like claws, great heavy claws, moving over the hardwood floors! Know Thy Neighbor He then blew a rasping, grating blast upon the air, ear-splitting and dissonant, that was his own rendition of a few bars of Yankee Doodle. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 16, No. 94, August, 1865 His answer was almost a whisper—hard and rasping. The Case and Exceptions Stories of Counsel and Clients Occasionally he snapped out a rasping appeal for them to get together and do something, but there was a perfunctory note in his voice which told how little faith he had in their obeying. Under Boy Scout Colors He rose, and started on the downward way, smiling, and sometimes laughing heartily at the strange croaking, moaning, cracking, and rasping of his joints. In the Oregon Country Out-Doors in Oregon, Washington, and California Together with some Legendary Lore, and Glimpses of the Modern West in the Making For the napkin had fallen away from the staring eyne, and I shuddered at the rasping echo of his words. The Men of the Moss-Hags Being a history of adventure taken from the papers of William Gordon of Earlstoun in Galloway Suddenly, part of a rock on the Indian's right seemed to split and launch itself into the air, with a rasping, tearing noise between a growl and a snarl. Dusty Star A creaking sound came from above him, but he did not need the rasping screech of the sign on its rusty hinges to inform him that he was in front of the tavern. Belford's Magazine, Vol 2, December 1888 It is of a gritty and rasping nature, and is at the same time very friable. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 7, Slice 3 "Convention" to "Copyright" In the stands, the breathing of a hundred thousand people was a rasping sound. The Executioner The tension grew within him and became a mounting, rasping frenzy—a battery overcharging, an overloading fuse, a generator growing hot beyond its capacity. The Small World of M-75 As the lynx crouched defiant on its prey, measuring its foe with its furious eyes, it gave a harsh, rasping snarl. Dusty Star He saw a dim figure move atop the foremost towering machine; and before he could speak again, heard the rasping voice of the Spider Mother herself. World of the Drone "Mrs. Meldreth should be kept quiet, I can see"—for the old woman had begun to moan and to move her head restlessly from side to side when she heard her daughter's rasping voice. A Life Sentence A Novel Just as the glasses were filled there came from the rear of the saloon the rasping grate of a startled oath, succeeded by the hoof thuds of a rapidly-ridden horse. The Song of the Wolf |
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