grating
Example Sentences
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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.
Throughout these stories, people are grating against others’ eccentricities while living in denial about their own, and Brinkley keenly explores their predicaments with grace and wit.
From Los Angeles Times
I can see how this would be grating in a workplace because if it’s not inappropriate, it’s certainly adjacent.
From New York Times
And sadly, none make much of an impression, mired as they are in a syrupy muck of good sentiments and grating civic cheerleading.
From New York Times
Finding compassion for the lonely, the crazy, the grating, the sad, the women with their weird boxes of demons has defined Caplan’s mature career.
From New York Times
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