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Example sentences for: grates

How can you use “grates” in a sentence? Here are some example sentences to help you improve your vocabulary:

The Wall Street Journal gives a more convincing reason: Kendall grates on Republican nerves.
His wealth is beside the point; it's his moral earnestness that grates.
But more impressive than the power is the concentration of homeless men lounging on the grates and the grass.
There is nothing ungrammatical or wrong about saying “She's a real Johnny-comelately,” but it grates.
171: "It Grates Outdoors"