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• There's a storm coming, so I grit my teeth and start rowing with all my might.From the entry grit one's teeth
• Deon Fourie, although losing quite a few lineouts, defended with grit.2023 October 28, Leighton Koopman, “YES!!! The Springboks beat the All Blacks to win another Rugby World Cup title”, in Independent Online. From the entry wingmate
• I'm leaving!" I said between gritted teeth and whacked up his chest.2023, Iro Blahnik, The Ruthless Alpha's Innocent Breeder（Part II. From the entry whack up
• Jack didn't look in the least riled by the grit in his hair.2014, Susan May Warren, Nothing But Trouble, Tyndale House Publishers, →ISBN, page 89. From the entry water diaper
• To some observers a karesansui is just twigs, rocks and grit.2012, Caspar Henderson, The Book of Barely Imagined Beings, Granta Books, published 2013, page 193. From the entry karesansui
• Before his turn, George lays aside his glasses with a vaguely Supermannish gesture of resolution and grit.2003, David Lipsky, Absolutely American: Four Years at West Point, Houghton Mifflin Company, →ISBN, pages 254–255. From the entry supermannish
• Poorly fit, it feels like grit or rockabyes out of the eyes.1985, David D. Michaels, Visual Optics and Refraction: A Clinical Approach, →ISBN, page 576. From the entry rockabye
• One is sure that love, grit and outdoorswomanship will pull Fay Hartigan through whatever may betide her.1967 December 2, P.L.H., “The Weekend Bookshelf: Local Adventure, Calgary Bank Robbers Retreat to the Rockies”, in The Albertan, Calgary…. From the entry outdoorswomanship
• He gritted his teeth as another bolt of seetee matter exploded against the energy screen.1960, John Glasby, Black Abyss, e-book edition, published 2014, →ISBN. From the entry seetee
• Even better is Thymiopoulos’ “young vines” xynomavro, which adds a bit of dried herb, spice and grit to the succulent mix.2015 July 5, David Williams, “Greek wines bearing gifts”, in The Observer. From the entry xynomavro
• Metal grit from a previous engine failure was lodged in the oil galleries and had come loose upon driving the vehicle.2014, Tim Gilles, Automotive Engines, page 164. From the entry gallery
• I gritted through a smile, grateful we weren’t Skyping or FaceTime-ing or any other electronic face messaging that was available.2014, Jean Hovey, Stephanie Jones, Tidings of Love: 7 Holiday Romance Novellas, Crimson Romance, →ISBN. From the entry facetime
• One day these hangovers will somehow merge into their hinterlands and cease to be grit in the shoe of international relations.2013 August 14, Simon Jenkins, “Gibraltar and the Falklands deny the logic of history”, in The Guardian. From the entry hangover
• Netherlands, one of the pre-tournament favourites, combined their undoubted guile, creativity, pace and attacking quality with midfield grit and organisation.2012 June 9, Owen Phillips, “Euro 2012: Netherlands 0-1 Denmark”, in BBC Sport. From the entry pace
• He was gritting his teeth while lifting weights.2010, Richard Grayson, The Brooklyn Diaries: 1969-1981, page 166. From the entry gritter
• Mitzi, her teacher tells me, has true grit.2010, Barbara Bennett Woodhouse, Hidden in Plain Sight, page 197. From the entry true grit
• Plenty of grit and fresh water are important.1913 March 29, Mrs. E.F. Lant, quotee, “Why I Raise Rhode Island Reds”, in Kansas Farmer, volume 51, number 13, page 14. From the entry Rhode Island Red
• Bears and wolves, clearly under the effect of natural magic spells, gritted their teeth and growled menacingly, while snakes hissed in defiance.2018 May 26, Joel Puga, “Chapter 6 Faiths”, in The Godungava, Joel Puga. From the entry brownie
• Once I had to grit my teeth against skeeving out when Mai's carpet of blue and silver ferret-looking creatures brushed my shins.2018, Keith Melton, The Zero Dog War, →ISBN. From the entry skeeve out
• The cyclone degritter uses a rapid spinning motion (centrifugal force) to separate the heavy inorganic solids or grit from the light organic solids.2010 August 30, Frank R. Spellman, Spellman's Standard Handbook for Wastewater Operators (3 Volume Set), CRC Press, →ISBN, page 202. From the entry degritter
• It expanded from bleary delay rippling with looped phrases to embrace molten metalloid raunch and blues grit, acoustic guitars and pedal steels.2004, Gene Santoro, Highway 61 Revisited. From the entry metalloid
• In this point of the water gut you will find an accumulation of sand, grit, &c., which are difficult to pass out.1915 January, “The Horse: Outlines of Anatomy for First Aid”, in Journal of the Department of Agriculture, South Australia, page 515. From the entry water gut
• You can't spend months studying the history of the suffrage movement without gaining a new appreciation for the grit and gumption it takes to be a powerful woman leader.2020 August 18, Veronica Chambers, The Staff of The New York Times, Finish The Fight!: The Brave and Revolutionary Women Who Fought for…. From the entry woman
• He staggered for a moment, then gritted his teeth, turning to face the Woodland lycan, his arms raised to block the next punch, and the next.2016, Shannon Curtis, Lycan Unleashed. From the entry lycan
• The storm was like a blizzard in its fury,—a black blizzard, with grit and dust for snow, and with field dirt for the drifts through which they drove.1928, Bess Streeter Aldrich, A Lantern in Her Hand, page 136. From the entry black blizzard
• Of course the metal of the car wheels and the caliber of the baby must be topnotch to allow either of them to react upon grit climbingly.1912 April 21, “Authority on Cranberries. How Lucian J. Fosdick of Dorchester Has Made His Way in Business---Once Sawed a Cord of Wood for…. From the entry climbingly

Meaning of grit

1. noun A collection of hard small materials, such as dirt, ground stone, debris from sandblasting or other such grinding, or swarf from metalworking.
2. noun Sand or a sand–salt mixture spread on wet and, especially, icy roads and footpaths to improve traction.
3. noun Small, hard, inedible particles in food.

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How do you use grit in a sentence?

Grit is used as a noun and verb. For example: “The flower beds were white with grit from sand blasting the flagstone walkways.”

What is a short sentence with grit?

“grits and eggs”

What does grit mean?

Grit means a collection of hard small materials, such as dirt, ground stone, debris from sandblasting or other such grinding, or swarf from metalworking.