"Raspingly" Quotes from Famous Books
 ... of the wizard. There were moments when the air throbbed and the room rocked with the sound, and other moments when the music was all absorbed in the soul of the performer. Finally the old man drew himself up, threw his head backward, ran his fingers raspingly up towards the bridge and made a desperate plunge with his bow. A loud snap was heard like the report of a pistol. The string had broken. Batoche quietly lowered the instrument and looked around him. Little Blanche was sitting up in the bed gazing about with wide vacant eyes. The black cat ...
— The Bastonnais - Tale of the American Invasion of Canada in 1775-76 • John Lesperance
... raspingly. "It's just what Sophy needs real bad. Ye wants ter study that real careful, Sophy. It'll show ye as there's just as good fish in the sea as was ...
— The Peace of Roaring River • George van Schaick
... Hurstwood could have echoed the words after him open-mouthed. As it was, she extricated herself from her mingled impulse to deny and question, and said, almost raspingly: ...
— Sister Carrie • Theodore Dreiser |
