How to use "abrasive" in sentences with meaning in English and Hindi

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Example sentences for "abrasive" in popular movie and book plots

  • The series follows the relationship of an abrasive female police officer and a millionaire masquerading as a parking attendant.  - Me Too, Flower!
  • The third Ticket is found in Snellville, Georgia by Violet Beauregarde, an abrasive girl who is constantly chewing gum.  - Roald Dahl's Willy Wonka (play)
  • The Wreckers had been hidden from the public eye due to their abrasive personalities.  - Transformers: Dark of the Moon: The Junior Novel
  • Madolyn Bruckner (Haya Harareet) aspires to become a surgeon under abrasive dr Domenic Riccio (Telly Savalas).  - The Interns (film)
  • A chain-smoking, abrasive Sam is overly eager to please.  - Once Around
  • In the past, KK was himself an abrasive businessman when he sought a mate at Jalaja Rao Marriage Bureau.  - Swagatam
  • However, the abrasive Keystone Kops-like security guard with a Joe Besser-like voice will not let him pass through the gate.  - Hollywood Daffy
  • The grandparents are shocked at Karen's abrasive behaviour.  - According to Greta
  • In addition, the verses for the most part hold an upbeat key, coming into contact with the abrasive chorus.  - The Black Fly Song
  • Razumov is abrasive towards the narrator, who detects a deep distress under Razumov's exterior.  - Under Western Eyes (novel)
  • He is abrasive and contemtptuous that the new courier and wireless operator are women.  - Wish Me Luck
  • Sable is abrasive and ambitious, which Kolya believes has helped her succeed in her field, but she especially irritates Musa.  - Time's Eye (novel)
  • The female Q is abrasive and insulting to the crew, and she explains that she is Q's ex-wife.  - The Q and the Grey
  • Angie is abrasive and argumentative with both her friend and her mother, Joyce.  - Top Girls
  • In the season finale, he is fired as Vince's agent after his abrasive methods result in failure to secure a film about punk band The Ramones.  - Entourage (U.S. TV series)
  • Joe takes Jimmy home, where Jimmy meets Joe's abrasive daughter Darian (Danielle Harris).  - The Last Boy Scout

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