(1) This grating noise can be very disconcerting and is one of the biggest reasons, besides pain, that members present for treatment.

(2) Suddenly, something thudded against the grating that covered the opening.

(3) The shadowy figure spit each word out in its grating voice.

(4) The hideous, grating noise lasted for only a few seconds, and then the blessed silence of the forest poured back in.

(5) I listened for as long as I could tolerate his inane features and grating voice, then turned off the television.

(6) Then he laughed a harsh, grating laugh Kaitlin had never heard.

(7) But then she spoke again, in this pleading, grating voice that rubbed his nerve endings raw.

(8) But the voice of the lead singer gets very grating .

(9) The rough grating voices tore through the darkness and pierced his ears.

(10) Damien laughed and demonstrated his grating growl of a voice.

(11) After a few seconds, a harsh grating voice came out of the speakers above the door.

(12) There was a harsh, tinny grating sound, echoing into his ears, as the sphere ground against the wall.

(13) It's also grating , because at the international level, where big business makes the big money and wields enormous power, Howard is a fan of international agreements to grease big business wheels.

(14) It's a little grating after awhile, to be honest.

(15) A welded grating prevents anyone from straying deeper into the adjoining caves.

(16) It was particularly refreshing when compared with the slightly grating staccato voice he used to read his poetry.

(17) The message of this is don't ignore nasty grating noises in the lungs for weeks, in the hope they'll get better!

(18) She slammed her hand onto a switch and the blast doors began to close with loud bangs and grating noises.

(19) I have never been much of a music person, preferring instead the sound of my own thoughts and the environmental sounds to the too-often grating noise that exudes from the radio or other music medium.

(20) However, there is a scene near the end which I found grating and unnecessary and just too sentimental.