grating

Example Sentences

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By engineering a subwavelength grating, they were able to trap infrared light within a layer only 40 nanometers thick.

From Science Daily • Apr. 5, 2026

This widens the gap with Grana Padano, a competitor with less stringent production rules, as well as other cheeses meant for grating.

From Barron's • Mar. 26, 2026

"There's a grating that keeps getting covered in leaves and branches, it's never getting emptied so water comes over the top and just floods straight through."

From BBC • Jan. 27, 2026

As she turned over ideas for a pseudonym, Tergit thought of the German word Gitter—the metal grill or grating on a window or a gate—and reversed the syllables.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 16, 2026

Her mother took a step back toward the grating, but when she saw Dustfinger’s stony face she stopped.

From "Inkheart" by Cornelia Funke