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are abrasive
noun
A substance or material such as sandpaper, pumice, or emery, used for cleaning, smoothing, or polishing.
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The disjunctions are abrasive and elegiac.
There are abrasive pads for caked on oils and more gentle pads for non-stick surfaces.
You have heard repeatedly that you are abrasive and your feedback stings.
But there are abrasive tensions in Copland's modernist harmonies that the choreography avoids.
There are abrasive disks for metal and others for masonry and concrete.
Among the particles are abrasive beads used in personal care products such as facial and body washes and toothpastes.
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I'm being abrasive.
Yes, he was abrasive.
Look, I'm abrasive.
The atmosphere is abrasive.
Summers certainly can be abrasive.
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