abrasive
Example Sentences
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When I go back, I forget how strong the sound of the airplanes are, how abrasive and all-encompassing.
From Los Angeles Times
And despite the abrasive whir of machinery nearby, on this Monday afternoon, the sound of children laughing cut through the noise.
From Los Angeles Times
So abrasive are its words and affecting its tune that the agnostic and irreverent journalist H.L.
His somewhat abrasive personality will be forgotten, while his designs remain a legacy for the ages, a lasting tribute to a modest Jewish Canadian who became a titan of our era.
Lawyers who have appeared before Hellerstein say he can be curious and engaged, although at times becomes abrasive by the afternoon of a long trial day.
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
