"I have company," he said, his raspy voice grating on his ears.

After a few minutes her voice began to grate on Dougal's ears.

The cheery quality of Ford's voice was beginning to grate on the barman's ears.

Every word he said was flat and it grated on Traynor's ears.

Her voice grated on Hela's ears, but it helped snap her back to reality.

Even as Jenner ran toward it, the noise grated on his ears, eerie and unnatural.

A low, vicious sound that grated on his own ears.

It sounded as if he were in pain; it grated on my ears and made me wince.

His forced voice grated on her ears, as harshly as it had before.

Even the tree frogs piping in the nearby citrus groves grated on his ears.