I, for one, emerged from the steel - wool abrasiveness of both books feeling rubbed raw, exhausted and, especially, angry: at advertisers and senators, at my husband for his professional successes, at myself for my choice to stay at home, and at my children for being, well, children. (religion-online.org)
In both XE and F - Pace the V - 6 performs with a unique, sonorous snarl, though we detected a hint of abrasiveness in the middle rev range with the hammer down. (autofile.ca)
Instead, the main character in this Canadian - South Korean - American production is Surly, a selfish purple squirrel (voiced with off - putting abrasiveness by Will Arnett), who quickly becomes mired in a heist - driven plot that defies logic and hardly goes anywhere. (rogerebert.com)