rasp's Usage Examples:

toppleKovic gave the countdown to the toppling of the 30-foot statue of Bush, grasping a missile, to enormous acclaim.

Instead, she stretched for the laser gun, grasping it.

Though there are things in it difficult for the feeble human mind to grasp, it is an admirable book which calms and elevates the soul.

In this he drew a masterly picture, not only of the life and immorality of the friars but also of the insolent Filipino chiefs or caciques, subservient to the powers above, tyrannical to those below, superstitious, unprogressive and grasping.

She brought her lips to his ear and rasped softly, "I'll be dipped in shit before I let a misogynist pig like you lay a hand on me.

"Now," the woman rasped.

Suggested wine: white lightening Pudding: Ice cream from the mr whippy van with optional raspberry sauce and sprinkles.

He reached out and grasped her arm as she walked by.

"4avTaoia, so that beyond all doubt it is something which the percipient subject grasps, and not that which grasps or " lays hold of " the percipient.

We must grasp clearly this conception of metallic matrix and encased graphite skeleton if we are to understand this subject.

This accounts for his bewildering versatility, and for his apparent want of grasp on conditions of fact.

Maas, Die craspedoten Medusen der Plankton Expedition, by permission of Lipsius and Tischer.

Synonyms:

vocalization, rasping, utterance,

Antonyms:

keep quiet, incomplete, mitigated, specify,