For Spring 2010, I used floral printed fabrics, ruffles and draping to represent nature — flowers, ocean waves, mountains — and combined them with sharper lines — tiered and pleated detailing — to represent a metropolis (urban architecture and the overall grittiness of the city). (treehugger.com)
People - perception in politics is important and although we have made great strides generally there appears to be a need to re-balance the front bench to make it harder hitting preferably also with a bit of northern grittiness in there as well. (conservativehome.blogs.com)
I haven't run into any issues with grittiness in baked goods; however, I always use powdered coconut palm sugar in making homemade chocolate as it makes the final product much, much smoother. (thehealthyadvocate.com)