GRATING in a Sentence

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241 example sentences for GRATING, such as:

1. Kate gave him a grateful smile.
2. They sent us a grateful letter.
3. I will always feel grateful to that little guy.
4. I was grateful, without showing undue excitement.
5. Let us be grateful that the damage is remediable.

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 Meanings and Examples of GRATING
Definition Example Sentence Classic Sentence
grating
 a.  harsh and unpleasant
Classic Sentence: (210 in 15 pages)
1  He arrived in time to see an arm passed through a hole made by a blow from a fist, through the grating and the glass.
Les Misérables 1 By Victor Hugo
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 2: CHAPTER VI—JEAN VALJEAN
2  It had no grating; it opened in the garden and was fastened, according to the fashion of the country, only by a small pin.
Les Misérables 1 By Victor Hugo
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 2: CHAPTER X—THE MAN AROUSED
3  Supposing that a living being had been so wonderfully thin as to essay an entrance or an exit through the square hole, this grating would have prevented it.
Les Misérables 2 By Victor Hugo
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 6: CHAPTER I—NUMBER 62 RUE PETIT-PICPUS
4  On raising the latch and crossing the threshold, one experienced precisely the same impression as when one enters at the theatre into a grated baignoire, before the grating is lowered and the chandelier is lighted.
Les Misérables 2 By Victor Hugo
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 6: CHAPTER I—NUMBER 62 RUE PETIT-PICPUS
5  The first minutes passed; when one's eyes began to grow used to this cellar-like half-twilight, one tried to pass the grating, but got no further than six inches beyond it.
Les Misérables 2 By Victor Hugo
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 6: CHAPTER I—NUMBER 62 RUE PETIT-PICPUS
6  These shutters were divided into long, narrow slats, and they masked the entire length of the grating.
Les Misérables 2 By Victor Hugo
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 6: CHAPTER I—NUMBER 62 RUE PETIT-PICPUS
7  Behind the grating, behind the shutter, one perceived so far as the grating permitted sight, a head, of which only the mouth and the chin were visible; the rest was covered with a black veil.
Les Misérables 2 By Victor Hugo
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 6: CHAPTER I—NUMBER 62 RUE PETIT-PICPUS
8  A grating sound became audible through the trees in the distance.
Les Misérables 2 By Victor Hugo
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 8: CHAPTER VII—IN WHICH WILL BE FOUND THE ORIGIN OF THE SAYI...
9  A cold, harsh wind, that wind which had chilled his youth, traversed the barred and padlocked grating of the vultures; a still harsher and more biting breeze blew in the cage of these doves.
Les Misérables 2 By Victor Hugo
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 8: CHAPTER IX—CLOISTERED
10  There stood a tall man behind a grating, leaning against a stove, and holding up with both hands the tails of a vast topcoat, with three collars.
Les Misérables 3 By Victor Hugo
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 8: CHAPTER XIV—IN WHICH A POLICE AGENT BESTOWS TWO FISTFULS ...
11  This grating was nothing else than a piece of the brass screens with which aviaries are covered in menageries.
Les Misérables 4 By Victor Hugo
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 6: CHAPTER II—IN WHICH LITTLE GAVROCHE EXTRACTS PROFIT FROM ...
12  When he approached the grating he forgot everything.
Les Misérables 4 By Victor Hugo
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 9: CHAPTER II—MARIUS
13  This grating, made of stout, transverse bars, was about two feet square.
Les Misérables 5 By Victor Hugo
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 1: CHAPTER XXIV—PRISONER
14  This entrance had formerly been closed by a grating of which nothing but the hinges remained.
Les Misérables 5 By Victor Hugo
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 2: CHAPTER IV—BRUNESEAU.
15  It occurred to Jean Valjean that the grating which he had caught sight of under the flag-stones might also catch the eye of the soldiery, and that everything hung upon this chance.
Les Misérables 5 By Victor Hugo
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 3: CHAPTER I—THE SEWER AND ITS SURPRISES
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.