grate on
Example Sentences
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At the same time, his recent failure to replicate his regular-season success in the playoffs began to grate on the fanbase.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 13, 2026
Outside, a man named Alvin Cooper was lying on a venting grate on a 38-degree night.
From Salon • Dec. 1, 2022
But over the past two years, sport’s special treatment has started to grate on people, he said.
From Washington Post • Jan. 6, 2022
Proud as the Dodgers’ president of baseball operations might be of his proteges, the specter of Kapler and Zaidi essentially beating the Dodgers at their own game must grate on him.
From Los Angeles Times • Jul. 21, 2021
I just wanted to get that stuff off my chest, because it's starting to grate on me.
From "I Can Make This Promise" by Christine Day
