Grit

//ɡɹɪt//

"Grit" in a Sentence (24 examples)

The council refuses to grit my road.

My university can't afford to grit its car parks.

Grit in a sensitive instrument, or a crack in one of his own high-power lenses, would not be more disturbing than a strong emotion in a nature such as his.

Tom regularly feeds his chooks grit to enhance egg production.

I admire your grit.

The dust and grit burn up when they run into Earth's atmosphere in a flurry of "shooting stars."

Grit your teeth and keep working on the wretched painting.

They grit this road when it's icy.

Grit your teeth and bear it!

Just grit your teeth and finish the project, even if you hate every moment of it.

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The flower beds were white with grit from sand blasting the flagstone walkways.

These cookies seem to have grit from nutshells in them.

I need a sheet of 100 grit sandpaper.

That kid with the cast on his arm has the grit to play dodgeball.

They came to a rising ground , not sharp , but long ; and here youth and grit and sober living told more than ever.

If you are overcome by a man of grit, he insolently makes you conscious of your own weakness

Although working under very unpleasant conditions they never grumbled, and to the end showed continuous grit; and in addition to this several examples of sheer heroism were displayed.

But what their admirers call grit and critics deem shamelessness can overshadow another essential element of the Clinton school: a willingness to put on the hair shirt of humility to regain power.

We had no choice but to grit our teeth and get on with it.

He has a sleeping disorder and grits his teeth.

My teeth gritted as I heard the news.

The sanded floor that grits beneath the tread

grits and eggs

ham and grits

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