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sandpapery

[ sand-pey-puh-ree ]

adjective

  1. of or suggesting the grating sound of sandpaper rubbing against wood or the rough texture of sandpaper.


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He captured Rivers’ essence down to the fit of his dress shirts, his facial expressions and his sandpapery voice.

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Born in Philadelphia and educated at Bennington College, Taylor has excelled at playing characters with a certain sandpapery sangfroid.

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Drawing on West African griot style, she sings with gritty insistence, building up to a sandpapery rasp when her melodies hit their peaks.

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But it did have discernible, if gentle, tannins, felt in its fine sandpapery texture.

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The fun of this treasure trove begins with its tactile cover: a sandpapery castle against the glossy blue-sky antics of the girl who built it.

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