abrade - use in sentences

Object

  • skin: However, do not abrade the skin by using a scrub brush.
  • surface: To prepare wood, lightly abrade the surface using a dry sandpaper, rubbing in the direction of the grain.
  • area: To avoid optical distortions, the abraded area should be much larger than the damaged surface to " feather " the edges.
  • mortar: Laminated beaten earth and clay floors incorporating lenses of occupation detritus covered the primary floor of abraded mortar throughout the body of the building.

Modifying Another Word

  • not: However, do not abrade the skin by using a scrub brush.
  • easily: Unfortunately, since hairs abrade easily, dry, unmounted specimens are of little use.
  • lightly: Nubuck Aniline dyed leather which has been lightly abraded on the grain surface to create a velvety finish or nap.
  • heavily: These are generally broken and heavily abraded as may be expected in a river transporting coarse gravel.
  • very: The pottery collection consists of quite small pieces, and all were very abraded.
  • much: Sherds of Roman pottery were recovered from most contexts but all the sherds were much abraded and likely to be residual.

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