Sentence examples for loud grating from inspiring English sources

For years, he has lived twenty-four hours a day with a loud, grating squeal in his ears.

FOR those without power after Hurricane Irene, the sound of a neighbor's generator was a loud, grating reminder that some people were actually ready for the storm.

Annoyances on the test cars included loud, grating noises from the telescoping steering wheels in two cars, and a similar groan from one power seat.

Page C1 Style FOR WINTER STORMS, A BAG WITH ESSENTIALS For those without power after Hurricane Irene, the sound of a neighbor's generator was a loud, grating reminder that some people were actually ready for the storm.

Both species have distinctive loud grating calls used for advertising and territorial purposes in the breeding season, although the corn crake is silent on its African wintering grounds.

The Green Hornet was a critical disappointment; Adam Graham of the Detroit News called it "a big, sloppy, loud, grating mess of a movie" and the Arizona Republics Bill Goodykoontz found its story to have fallen apart.

If you hear more sudden, sharp, raspy, pinging, or louder grating type sounds, and it is not normal pattern for your hard drive, it is possible it may be failing.

Whistle-blowing and investigative reporting can be loud, and grating, and necessary.

They spoke from time to time, but their accents and the loud and grating taped score by Polar Levine made them a little hard to understand.

The call to prayer, the minister declared, is out of control: too loud, too grating, utterly lacking in beauty or uniform timing, and hence in dire need of reform.

He could be loud and grating but also disarmingly sweet, as when he hauled out a guitar and sang a goofy song about how much he loved his mother.