Temple Grandin

My problems are sort of more on a nuisance level. I can't stand scratchy clothes, I've got to have soft kinds of cotton against my skin, and I don't know why some 100% cotton t-shirts itch and others don't; it has something to do with the weave.

American Educator

Rohan Marley

I always dreamed of playing music with my father. But my voice is so scratchy, I only sing in the shower.

American Athlete

Dave Eggers

Through the small tall bathroom window the December yard is gray and scratchy, the tree calligraphic.

American Writer

When I sing full voice, I get nervous because I get nasal and abrasive and a little scratchy.

American Musician

Linda Ronstadt

I love everything soft, cashmere and down. I don't like anything scratchy.

Describes the uncomfortable feeling of fabric against skin.

Texture Sensation

Usually refers to material not suitable for sensitive skin.

Not for Skin

Repeated washing or use often softens scratchy items.

Repeated Use

Suggests a temporary change in voice quality, often due to illness or strain.

Voice Qualities

Describes poor audio quality that's irritating to hear.

Audio Feedback

Refers to a sensation in the throat that is uncomfortable, often before illness.

Sign of Discomfort

Describes a hurried or unpolished style of drawing or writing.

Artistic Style

Suggests artwork intentionally left with a rough appearance.

Unfinished Look

Shows the use of texture to add interest or depth to visual works.

Intentional Texture

 so I could experiment into the night, every night. The main challenge was to find the right filament for printing clothes with. So what is a filament? Filament is the material you feed the printer with. And I spent a month or so experimenting with PLA, which is a hard and scratchy, breakable material.

Forget shopping. Soon...

Forget Shopping. Soon...

 Declaring independence had been risky business, demanding ferocious courage that put lives and fortunes in jeopardy. But, inventing a new government was no field day either, especially when it's summer and you're in scratchy suits, and the windows are closed because you don't want anybody

Inventing the American...

 so they help us pace our meals. The bulk also slows down digestion, especially in the stomach, and makes you feel full longer. Fiber also draws water into the stool, keeping it soft. Scratchy, hard stool is, to put it mildly, unpleasant. It also increases bacterial mass.

Why you shouldn't worry...

 Yeah. Einstein's especially interested in Penelope's talk. A lot of her research goes on in case, which can get pretty dusty. Achoo! It could make her sneeze. But more importantly, her research could help Einstein find a cure for her never-ending scratchy throat.

Talking and squawking PIPE...

 of football with a ball that they made out of rags tied together with string and in the evenings the men would gather in the dark and listen on a scratchy battery-operated radios to try to get news of the outside world it was a village in other words like tens of

Lack of data is an issue...

 I was eight years old when they landed on the moon my father dragged me out of bed I'd had no lead up to it so I didn't know what was going on you know it's like static and snow on the screen and scratchy sound and the broadcaster's are trying

The Moon Landing PIPE...

 been taken the enclosure was locked so would it have been that somebody's climbed over this grabbed a carb you know you know pretty scratchy and by teacup throwing it in a bag and managed to climb back over and do all of that

Orphan Moon Bears Stolen...

 Not a bad return on social capital, which compounds even as you spend it. Now, this isn't about chumminess, and it's no charter for slackers, because people who work this way tend to be kind of scratchy,

Margaret Heffernan: Why...

 it was actually really bad, because it didn't sound the way I'd heard from other kids -- it was so horrible and so scratchy. So, it wasn't entertaining at all.