Sentence examples for like sandpaper from inspiring English sources

A White House spokesman described them as "small, dry patches" that had a red tint and felt "like sandpaper".

Picking surfaces that are abrasive (like sandpaper), deform when pressed (like rubber), or have adhesive interactions with other surfaces (like tacky glue, etc). is a straightforward way to increase friction.

"Those things are like sandpaper.

We smoked cigarettes until our lungs felt like sandpaper.

Humans rub up against each other like sandpaper.

But too wide and it'll chafe your thighs like sandpaper.

The reason, Mr. Horenstein said, was that ages of glacial abrasion had acted like sandpaper.

I've a very, very dry skin almost like sandpaper and central heating doesn't help.

Down the crackly phone line, it sounds like sandpaper being scraped against a pebbledash wall.

These pronouns feel as neutral as I do; any others feel like sandpaper against my skin.

A hideous cold has put what feels like sandpaper in my throat and treacle in my brain.