grating

Example Sentences

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The noise is less grating in the kitchen, so I take a moment to press my forehead against the cool refrigerator door.

From Literature

It was shrill, grating like broken nails on glass.

From Literature

But what’s particularly grating is that this is not just a strategy to avoid bad reviews for as long as possible.

From Salon

Christopher watched the two sphinxes carving into the mountain as they approached; the rock gave way to their claws with a high, grating sound.

From Literature

"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