What is "sandpapering"

Usage examples of "sandpapering".

Sounds of rising notes, of chitinous surfaces sandpapering against one another, of water being heated to steam, of tympani echoing from a mountaintop.

We called him 'Black Peter' and when we went to watch him working he'd sometimes let us help him with sandpapering or boiling up the smelly animal glue.

Their faces were horri­bly contorted and he guessed both men were en­during the agonies of cerebral sandpapering as their wills clashed with their mental conditioning.

Even as he spoke, Peace felt the now-familiar sandpapering sensation on the sur­face of his brain, and knew he was unable to dis­obey the order.

Once they'd found life, found water, basked in their accolades, there was still nearly a year to spend on Mars and seven months of sandpapering each other's nerves on the voyage home.

Still others were pumping dust into upholstery, sandpapering the dashboard finish around light switches, throttles, chokes, to give a finger-worn appearance.

This can be remedied by rubbing the wood with oil of cedar or sandpapering it lightly.

Joanna shifted the heavy grip of the weapon on her shoulder, goose-flesh sandpapering her arms and sweat rivering down her cheeks and sides.

A sickly clamminess enveloped him as he sensed some­thing sandpapering his soul.

A sickly clamminess enveloped him as he sensed something sandpapering his soul.