Sample sentences for ABRASIVE - verbalworkout.com

2 meanings

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1 —as in:
abrasive personality

Definition

direct in a disagreeable, insensitive manner

Other Uses (with this meaning)

He rolled along with every inexplicable order from his superiors, every foolish act of his inferiors, and every abrasive personality that military life could throw at an officer.
Laura Hillenbrand -- Unbroken

abrasive = rough or disagreeable

His voice was abrasive, but he brought it back to a muffled whisper in a hurry.
Markus Zusak -- The Book Thief

abrasive = rough or disagreeable

"Why wasn't the Agency informed of this tip you received seven months ago?" asked the CIA's Knowlton abrasively.
Robert Ludlum -- The Bourne Identity
She laughed abrasively.
Stephenie Meyer -- The Host
Rather abrasively.
Eoin Colfer -- Artemis Fowl
I want to be careful, that's all," said Bourne abrasively.
Robert Ludlum -- The Bourne Identity

2 —as in:
rub with an abrasive

Definition

a substance that wears down another surface (abrades)

abrasive = a substance that wears down another surface (abrades)

Other Uses (with this meaning)

I pull a napkin out of the holder and wipe the abrasive paper across my eyes.
Jay Asher -- Thirteen Reasons Why

abrasive = rough (a substance that abrades or wears away what it rubs against)

It would take abrasives and chemicals—offhand, he wasn't even sure what kind—and scrubbing and scraping and grinding; and still, traces of blue would remain.
Anne Tayler -- A Spool of Blue Thread

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