RASPY in a Sentence

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Example sentences for RASPY, such as:

1. The sergeant's raspy voice grated on the recruits' ears.
2. I was getting sort of used to the widow's ways, too, and they warn't so raspy on me.
3. His very boots were benevolent, and his collars never stiff and raspy like other people's.

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 Meanings and Examples of RASPY
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raspy
 a.  unpleasantly harsh or grating in sound
Classic Sentence:
1  I was getting sort of used to the widow's ways, too, and they warn't so raspy on me.
Adventures of Huckleberry Finn By Mark Twain
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER IV.
2  His very boots were benevolent, and his collars never stiff and raspy like other people's.
Little Women By Louisa May Alcott
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER THIRTY-FOUR
Example Sentence:
1  The sergeant's raspy voice grated on the recruits' ears.