abrade

Example Sentences

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Ocean’s singing was magnificent: pure one minute, abraded the next, each murmur and yowl vividly captured by Coachella’s incredibly powerful sound system.

From Los Angeles Times

The regular arrangement is offset by the erratically applied pigment, which is thick, ragged and often partly abraded.

From Washington Post

It’s also possible that the ancients were simply wrong about using color, and that these statues improved as the colors faded or abraded away.

From Washington Post

On the way up, it will scout the rocks, including abrading more patches to see rock interiors.

From Scientific American

Mr. Will also complained that, as he sees it, “there is an entitlement to pass through life without emotional distress occasioned by abraded sensitivities.”

From Washington Post