"grain" in inglés with examples - Collocation dictionary inglés
- Billy sat down behind his desk, his hands stroking the smooth grain of the polished wood as if it were a beloved pet.
- The wood has a clear, smooth grain, gives off a pleasant woodsy scent and is resistant to many insects.
- The shakes were thin sheets of wood split from blocks of ash, cedar, or pine, whatever was available and had a smooth, straight grain that lent itself to splitting.
- "But if I had," I said, staring down at the smooth grain of the linen, "if I had-I might have found you sooner."
- Justen picked up a hammer, running his fingers across the smooth grain and the curves, noting how it was shaped to the smith's hand.
- She kept her fingertips light against the rock, and in a moment felt the smooth grain of wood beneath them.
- Colour films improved, both for print negatives and reversal slides, while black-and-white films offered smoother grain and faster speeds than previously available.
- We dragged the boat from the shallows up onto the beach, then walked up and down the strip of sand, the smooth glassy grains squeaking beneath our feet.
- Among the peculiarities the Duke group discovered was that when perfectly smooth, round grains of sand are used, the density waves disappeared completely.
- He was intensely aware of the smooth grain of the wood and the faded scent of the varnish.
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