sandpaper

Example Sentences

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It took a lot to bestir Angelenos from their bungalows and Buicks, but their throats felt like sandpaper, and their chests hurt like the blazes.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 26, 2026

His lowest false shot percentage in any of his eight Test centuries in England was 9% - a difference of far more than a strip of sandpaper or two.

From BBC • Jul. 2, 2025

“Hard Truths” is sublime and soft in the way that a rough surface is smoothed to the touch by sandpaper.

From Salon • Jan. 10, 2025

The voice of Michael McDonald has been compared to velvet, silk and sandpaper, melted chocolate and last year, by a besotted 11-year-old girl, an angel.

From New York Times • May 9, 2024

Slithering behind her, they sounded like an army of football players shuffling with sandpaper on their cleats.

From "Blood of Olympus" by Rick Riordan