1.   Elaine jerked and coughed, inhaled with a ragged sigh, and began to breathe.

2.   He surveyed her in silence, his eyes narrowing on her face, then, with a ragged sigh, he reached out and drew her roughly towards him.

3.   A ragged sigh escaped from her lips and she fiddled with her cutlery again.

4.   She let out a ragged sigh of resignation and wiped her hands down her shorts.

5.   When the silence had once more settled around them Paige let out her breath in a ragged sigh.

6.   Jack dropped into his chair and let out his breath on a ragged sigh.