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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:

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