11 example sentences using grain.
Grain used in a sentence
Grain in a sentence as a noun
N = oh, about 4, so take this with a grain of salt.
And then look: you see the grain-fields down yonder?
But if they go to the local miller, the miller takes your grain, grinds it, and then takes the lord's cut right there.
If you've yelped Yelp, so to speak, you know to take their recommendations with a grain of salt and then some.
He follows all the conventional advice to a T -- chicken, fish, whole grain, salad.
The former two have fewer ingredients, which, being fruit instead of grain, tend to be less consistent.
Grain in a sentence as a verb
It wasn't until I read a book listing side effects of grain consumption that I considered that the grains were the cause of my problems.
According to an early definition, "It is ordained that 3 grains of barley dry and round do make an inch, 12 inches make 1 foot, 3 feet make 1 yard.
I know my experience is entirely anecdotal, so even I take it with a grain of salt, but unbiased, verified data on this topic is hard to come by at a large scale.
When I know more later I can choose to go against the grain if I feel I understand the risks, but structuring projects varies a lot, and being helped to find the idiomatic way is great.
"The company originally sourced all of the materials for the game from Europe, but, when demand began to take off, the manufacturers didn’t have enough wood to keep up."Couldn't they have traded some grain or ore?
Grain definitions
a relatively small granular particle of a substance; "a grain of sand"; "a grain of sugar"
foodstuff prepared from the starchy grains of cereal grasses
See also: cereal
the side of leather from which the hair has been removed
a weight unit used for pearls or diamonds: 50 mg or 1/4 carat
1/60 dram; equals an avoirdupois grain or 64.799 milligrams
1/7000 pound; equals a troy grain or 64.799 milligrams
dry seed-like fruit produced by the cereal grasses: e.g. wheat, barley, Indian corn
See also: caryopsis
a cereal grass; "wheat is a grain that is grown in Kansas"
the smallest possible unit of anything; "there was a grain of truth in what he said"; "he does not have a grain of sense"
the direction, texture, or pattern of fibers found in wood or leather or stone or in a woven fabric; "saw the board across the grain"
the physical composition of something (especially with respect to the size and shape of the small constituents of a substance); "breadfruit has the same texture as bread"; "sand of a fine grain"; "fish with a delicate flavor and texture"; "a stone of coarse grain"
See also: texture
thoroughly work in; "His hands were grained with dirt"
See also: ingrain
paint (a surface) to make it look like stone or wood
form into grains
See also: granulate
become granular
See also: granulate