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- verb Present participle of
abrade .
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Examples
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I felt the hot trickle of blood run down my leg, felt particles of cement abrading my hands.
Haven Kristi Cook 2011
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I felt the hot trickle of blood run down my leg, felt particles of cement abrading my hands.
Haven Kristi Cook 2011
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The abrading strain of stifling your speech, emotions and actions could easily make life seem interminable or, at a minimum, genuinely impoverished.
Book Review: The Appointment by Herta Müller « A Progressive on the Prairie 2009
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The abrading surface of the grater, my dad warned, could hurt finger tips that slipped as they grasped the hard green fruits.
Family life 2011
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The abrading strain of stifling your speech, emotions and actions could easily make life seem interminable or, at a minimum, genuinely impoverished.
A Progressive on the Prairie » Book Review: The Appointment by Herta Müller » Print 2009
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Often the force of the water pushes the fabric right down into the throat, whereapon the interrogator yanks it out, abrading the soft tissues of the palate, causing great pain and making it difficult to speak as well.
Tom McIntyre Explains His Picks for our 2009 Hunting and Fishing Heroes and Villians Face-Off 2009
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People will occasionally attempt to clean photographs with a pencil eraser in order to get dirt off the face of a print -- which has the result of abrading the surface and leaving a permanent mark on it -- or washing it in water.
Daniel Grant: Repair Damaged Artwork Yourself? Maybe Not Daniel Grant 2011
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Often the force of the water pushes the fabric right down into the throat, whereapon the interrogator yanks it out, abrading the soft tissues of the palate, causing great pain and making it difficult to speak as well.
Tom McIntyre Explains His Picks for our 2009 Hunting and Fishing Heroes and Villians Face-Off 2009
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People will occasionally attempt to clean photographs with a pencil eraser in order to get dirt off the face of a print -- which has the result of abrading the surface and leaving a permanent mark on it -- or washing it in water.
Daniel Grant: Repair Damaged Artwork Yourself? Maybe Not Daniel Grant 2011
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Often the force of the water pushes the fabric right down into the throat, whereapon the interrogator yanks it out, abrading the soft tissues of the palate, causing great pain and making it difficult to speak as well.
Tom McIntyre Explains His Picks for our 2009 Hunting and Fishing Heroes and Villians Face-Off 2009
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