The first secretary coughed and reached for water, his throat raw.

"You left me for last," she howled from a raw throat.

She took the cup and let the liquid soothe her raw throat.

The words spilled from her raw throat before she could bite them back.

He had killed half a pack already this morning but gotten nothing more than a headache and a raw throat.

He tried to say something, but only pathetic grunts came from his raw throat.

The water was cold, which felt luxuriously good on a raw throat.

It was a whisper torn from a raw throat in Mary.

She watched as he left the kitchen, her throat raw with suppressed tears.

Eyes watering, throat raw and burning, he pushed his way inside.