He drew in a long rasping breath, and his whole frame became tense.

She drew in a rasping breath and stared at him without seeing.

Now all he could hear was his own rasping breath.

Then he heard only his own rasping breath as he ran on.

For a long moment there was silence, then she heard its rasping breath, returning.

The silence that followed my question was broken only by his rasping breath.

The old man could hear his own rasping breath.

He drew in a rasping breath of cool air, and another.

He caught a rasping breath and glanced at the world beneath.

As her heart suddenly began to beat again she drew a sharp, rasping breath.