roughen

Example Sentences

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Red whirls on this rabbit’s tongue are filiform papillae, which roughen the tongue and help move food around the mouth.

From New York Times • May 21, 2024

The general idea is that ground surfaces roughen after the mass movement of rocks and soil, so that landslide deposits are the roughest right after the landslide occurs and become smoother over time.

From Science Daily • Nov. 7, 2023

The narrative swerves enough to thrillingly roughen the course of love, and the characters are so memorable that readers will yearn for a third book.

From Washington Post • Sep. 1, 2015

“If you’re going out, I would apply Conformist Hair Paste to roughen up the texture,” he says.

From Forbes • Jun. 10, 2014

He had rather efface himself and his own interests for ever than roughen, by one additional pebble, my path to the grave!' mimicking, with ludicrous insuccess, Freddy's round young tones.

From Doctor Cupid by Broughton, Rhoda