Sentence examples for grates but it from inspiring English sources

It sometimes grates, but it does make a valid point, because so much of medicine is about "doing something".

"When I ask my daughter how she is, and she says, 'I'm good,' it grates, but I don't really mind," he said.

"Hark the Herald Angels Sing" can grate, but it's also genuinely pained.

It was a creed that grated on many, but it found fervent believers in Britain and, as the booming economy seemed to validate the American model, a growing number of grudging supporters across Europe.

Trump's early assessment that Bush had "low energy" clearly grated on him, but it left a mark.

But it grates when the harrowing stories are used simply to buff an image.

The rendition of "Twist and Shout" builds on this sense of Springsteen's dedication to making sure his fans enjoy themselves (and proves a point - it was the song that saw the plug pulled at that Hyde Park gig), but it grates – it feels unnecessary for an artist who does not need gimmicks.

For years Charley Mathews Jr. has exported tons of his best Sacramento Valley-grown rice to Japan, but it grates on him that very little of that has ever ended up on the tables of sushi restaurants or Japanese households.

You shouldn't grate it, you should eat it, but eat it when it's young — sparkling and sweaty.

But it grates--it's an imperfection in an otherwise exemplary game.

The interview never did anything to grate on the viewer but it rarely managed to get beyond the generic queries that everybody else was asking.