Christien Meindertsma

In interior decorating, the pig's actually quite there. It's used in paint for the texture, but also for the glossiness. In sandpaper, bone glue is actually the glue between the sand and the paper. And then in paintbrushes, hairs are used because, apparently, they're very suitable for making paintbrushes because of their hard-wearing nature.

Dutch Artist

Marie Helvin

I've slipped enough times over the years to know the peril of a too-smooth sole, so every time I buy a new pair, I take a pair of scissors or a piece of sandpaper to the bottoms to roughen them up. In my catwalk days, I even used to spit on the soles of shoes before I ventured down the runway.

American Model

Zosia Mamet

I went to a strict elementary school with nuns, and uniforms that I'm pretty sure were made out of sandpaper. It was an academic, sports-oriented place. I liked to read, and wanted to act, and didn't try out for volleyball. I was weird. The other girls would dip my hair in ink and stuff.

American Actress

Sandpaper is commonly used to describe rough textures in various contexts.

Texture Reference

Sandpaper comes in different grit sizes; the lower the number, the coarser the grit.

Grain Sizes

The word 'sandpaper' can evoke a physical sensation when used in metaphors.

Physical Sensation

'To sandpaper' is a physical action, often repeated and requiring effort.

Action Verb

Using 'sandpaper' as a verb highlights pre-finishing or pre-painting preparation.

Preparation Context

The verb form implies attention to detail and thoroughness in a task.

Attention to Detail

'Sandpaper' in cricket is known for its association with cheating scandals.

Cricket Scandal

In sport, 'sandpaper' reflects negative behavior, not just the object itself.

Idiomatic Usage

In sports context, 'sandpaper' is a colloquial term specific to particular incidents.

Colloquial Term

 seeing how rebuilding human civilization absolutely depends on it? Well, you'd probably think the last thing you should do with these crucially important seeds is something like poking holes in them, or grinding them with sandpaper, or throwing them in acid or hot water. But, in fact, all of these are methods

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 She had a little sensor at the end of her prosthesis that then she rubbed over different surfaces, and she could feel different textures of sandpaper, different grits, ribbon cable, as it pushed on her reinnervated hand skin. She said that when she just ran it across the table,

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 the town so this town save quite a lot of papers because it's the one that these cats are using you know not to scratch their heads when they catch a prey so it has got some kind of a spines it's like a sandpaper which helps them in order to open the spaces in order to

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 prosthetic she had a little sensor at the end of her prosthesis that then she rubbed over different surfaces and she could feel different textures of sandpaper different grits ribbon cable as it pushed on her renovated hand skin she said that when she just ran it

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 they were thinking we might get the yellow-billed humble flying back in again David you know what I've just realized I think we've just stumbled across four greatest sandpaper raisin ever to be in the sabi sand I'm not even

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 like this deer. In interior decorating, the pig's actually quite there. It's used in paint for the texture, but also for the glossiness. In sandpaper, bone glue is actually the glue between the sand and the paper.

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 and as I carve through it, I'm deciding what I want to choose. So with encyclopedias, I could have chosen anything, but I specifically chose images of landscapes. And with the material itself, I'm using sandpaper

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 give you a couple of plates now it only sucks for like a day or two they know go away it is the worst experience ever somebody is just crying tonight in your eyes with sandpaper start to cut her oh

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 now that is kind of a long list but we can split it up into different categories first and foremost are the abrasives now abrasives are things like sandpaper or steel wool or pumice

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 know there must be some really itchy bits in the toes there the tongue of a lion is very rough like sandpaper so it's very helpful in getting those itchy