Sentence examples for become grating from inspiring English sources

She had three official assists but they didn't count her experience, her level-headedness, against an opponent that had become grating to her teammates.

Colloquialisms that would be charming once become grating and lazy when you meet them page after page.

Unlike men, science doesn t blow its nose on yesterday?s socks or leave the toilet seat up, but those quirky characteristics of lab life that were initially endearing can become grating and intolerable as time goes on.

This was the first performance of John Musto's arrangements, and piano and percussion could become grating, but pianists (Siyi Fang and Leann Osterkamp) and percussionist (M.B. Gordy) were strong.

All three performers have strong, appealing voices, although the squeaky whine that Ms. Stiles employs to denote Joanne's dimness gradually becomes grating.

The concert was presented as part of the series Great Music in a Great Space, but while the playing was genuinely magnificent, the enormous reverberations, which muddied the harmonies and then amplified the resulting dissonances, quickly became grating.

But her quest for fame became grating to some.

I'm a die-hard Mactard because day-to-day Windows use became grating rather than easier.

Arthur and the elves seem more like cult members in their worship of Santa (who we've established is merely a figurehead) and Arthur's Jar Jar Binks-style klutziness and insistence on delivering the bike quickly becomes grating.

Mr. DeGraw, who can be smartly expressive with his voice when he's not straining it, becomes grating and whiny here.

Isa's insistent whimpering as various horrors are visited upon her becomes so grating you may sigh in relief when a gag is finally stuffed into her mouth.