"Gratingly" Quotes from Famous Books
 ... imprecating in the narrow doorway. In a few seconds Ben was alone. Calmly he thrust the empty revolvers back into his pockets and followed leisurely into the hall. There the dim light revealed an empty space; but here and there a lock turned gratingly, and from more than one room as he passed came the sound of furniture being hastily ...
— Ben Blair - The Story of a Plainsman • Will Lillibridge
... door loudly; the words he had just heard about "pistols," "blazing away," and, last of all, "squire" fell gratingly on his ear at that moment, and seemed strangely to connect themselves with the previous adventures of the night and his own sad thoughts, and he beat against the door ...
— Handy Andy, Vol. 2 - A Tale of Irish Life • Samuel Lover |
