grate
Example Sentences
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Granted, I also found this grating, depending on when these responses felt warranted.
From Salon
Or maybe you love what a little ginger does to soups or oatmeal but resent the peeling and grating it demands.
From Salon
You can scale up if you like: some grated cheese, a scatter of fresh herbs, maybe crispy pork.
From Salon
The presence of the surly uncle, insufferable in-law, or grating girlfriend at the holiday table can make it hard to truly count one’s blessings.
She listened for the grating chug of the wheels and metal-on-metal screech of the brakes as the train rounded each curve, but it was still too far away.
From Literature
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.