abrasive
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Abrasive and tuneful, fast and slow, noisy and danceable.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 15, 2019
Abrasive language aside, Who are you, and what gives you the right? are actually legitimate questions considering the highly unorthodox circumstances:
From Salon • Jul. 15, 2018
Ratatat is a Brooklyn band, but "Abrasive" feels like some lost B-side from Daft Punk's Alive 2007 or a track on a rare Justice EP.
From The Verge • Jul. 24, 2015
Sounds Creamy and Abrasive The voice of the St. Louis cabaret performer Craig Pomranz comes in two flavors.
From New York Times • Mar. 3, 2012
The Abrasive Pencil.—A rod of carborundum composition may be ground or filed to a point, and this forms a very useful pencil for general work.
From A Handbook of Laboratory Glass-Blowing by Bolas, Bernard D.
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