GRATE in a Sentence

Learn GRATE from example sentences; some of them are from classic books. These examples are selected from a corpus with 300,000 sentences, including classic works and current mainstream media. Some sentences also link to their contexts.

241 example sentences for GRATE, such as:

1. They sent us a grateful letter.
2. Kate gave him a grateful smile.
3. The fire burned low and red in the grate.
4. I will always feel grateful to that little guy.
5. The ashes of a fire were heaped in a rude grate.

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 Meanings and Examples of GRATE
Definition Example Sentence Classic Sentence
grate
 v.  make a harsh noise; have an unpleasant effect; shred
Classic Sentence: (210 in 15 pages)
1  The fire burned low and red in the grate.
Lady Chatterley's Lover By D H Lawrence
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 16
2  Fanny, quite surprised, endeavoured to shew herself mistress of the room by her civilities, and looked at the bright bars of her empty grate with concern.
Mansfield Park By Jane Austen
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XVIII
3  There was a candle burning, but the man hastily drew it from the candlestick, and hurled it under the grate.
Oliver Twist By Charles Dickens
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XLVII
4  The fire was burning brightly, and in the grate there was a mass of black, fluffy ashes, as of burned paper, while the brass box stood open and empty beside it.
The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes By Arthur Conan Doyle
Context  Highlight   In V. THE FIVE ORANGE PIPS
5  The ashes of a fire were heaped in a rude grate.
The Hound of the Baskervilles By Arthur Conan Doyle
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 11. The Man on the Tor
6  Holmes tore it open, and then with a bitter curse hurled it into the grate.
The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes By Arthur Conan Doyle
Context  Highlight   In XII. The Adventure of The Final Problem
7  Holmes rose and tossed the end of his cigarette into the grate.
The Return of Sherlock Holmes By Arthur Conan Doyle
Context  Highlight   In IV. THE ADVENTURE OF THE SOLITARY CYCLIST
8  I helped him out of it, while Holmes knocked a blaze out of the logs in the grate.
The Return of Sherlock Holmes By Arthur Conan Doyle
Context  Highlight   In X. THE ADVENTURE OF THE GOLDEN PINCE-NEZ
9  He took up his pipe, and began, in his old accustomed manner, to tap with it nervously upon the bars of the grate.
The Time Machine By H. G. Wells
Context  Highlight   In XII
10  A great fire, banked high and red, flamed in the grate and under the ivy-twined branches of the chandelier the Christmas table was spread.
A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man By James Joyce
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 1
11  The parlour fire would not draw that evening and Mr Dedalus rested the poker against the bars of the grate to attract the flame.
A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man By James Joyce
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 2
12  A figure was crouching before the large grate and by its leanness and greyness he knew that it was the dean of studies lighting the fire.
A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man By James Joyce
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 5
13  He returned to his pipe and finally spat rudely into the grate.
Dubliners By James Joyce
Context  Highlight   In THE SISTERS
14  Then she put it back again in her pocket and gazed into the empty grate for some time without speaking.
Dubliners By James Joyce
Context  Highlight   In THE SISTERS
15  He took a mouthful, drew it up, saturated his palate with it and then spat it forth into the grate.
Dubliners By James Joyce
Context  Highlight   In GRACE
Example Sentence: (31 in 3 pages)
16  I would be grateful if he could cast an expert eye over it and tell me what he thought of it.
17  I will always feel grateful to that little guy.
18  Instead of complaining about what's wrong, be grateful for what's right.
19  They sent us a grateful letter.
20  I would therefore be grateful if you could refer back to the letter I wrote and respond as best you can.
21  Be sure to give credit for interviews, for this too, should be valued by a grateful researcher.
22  I would be grateful if you could send the completed form back as soon as possible.
23  Kate gave him a grateful smile.
24  "Rochester was so willing to receive and looked so grateful for the pastime given him; you have noticed this?" "Grateful! I cannot remember detecting gratitude in his face."
25  Do not certain ingenious philosophers teach this doctrine, and ought not we to be grateful to them?
26  One by one they stepped in at last and took shelter under the tent; but to have company in misery seemed something to be grateful for.
27  I was grateful, without showing undue excitement.
28  He said he was feeling well and was very grateful to be there.
29  Let us be grateful that the damage is remediable.
30  The grateful team presented the coach with a silver chain and pendant engraved with the school's motto.