Skin gills had to flush the gritty particles out of their filter membranes.

And on the wind were small gritty particles, like sand.

Babies have not learned how to spit, they noted, which makes it difficult for them to rinse the gritty abrasive particles in adult toothpaste from their mouths.

The gritty particles, when agitated, should dislodge scum that is hard to reach.

He walked with his eyes half-closed against the backwash of small gritty particles that blurred his vision of the suddenly brightly sunlit streets.

Her face was pressed into dust, rough, gritty particles, each as big as a moon to her staring eyes.

Frequent vacuuming prolongs the life of your carpet by preventing a buildup of gritty particles that can cut carpet fibers.

Tennis magazine held a party at the West Side Tennis Club, right on the gritty green particles at center court.

Something showered over him and he spat gritty particles out of his mouth.

In the stunned calm that followed, Louis felt gritty particles settled thickly over his neck and shoulders and the backs of his hands.