Sentence examples for grates with many from inspiring English sources

He is a maverick who grates with many hard-core conservatives.

Not only is she a woman and thus unacceptable as a leader to Islamic hardliners but her "nationalist" agenda grates with many Muslim politicians, who have been trying so far without success to make Indonesia adopt sharia, Islamic law.What is clear is that Indonesia can no longer deny that terrorists are active in the country.

This is the issue which really grates with many Bosnians.

The white paper's suggestion to "above all be patriotic" has grated with many who object to equating patriotism with support for the Communist Party.

Some diehards may never agree with that, just as Kevin Pietersen's South African accent will always grate with many England cricket lovers.

Those words grated with many Newcastle fans who noted Owen's failure to engage with both them and the wider north-eastern community during that largely ill-starred spell on Tyneside.

Chief executive Ivan Gazidis is a particular target for the discontented and perhaps typifies the "jam tomorrow" attitude that grates with so many supporters who would like a bit of bread and butter today.

It grates with fans that so many in Stockport support Manchester City.

Brush grates with a tablespoon of olive oil.

Such vitriol grates with the warmth normally reserved for Hergé, born George Remi in 1907.

Dry the grates with a clean, dry towel and replace the briquettes and grates.