asperous
Example Sentences
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No effort of the Government and its supporters could stem the mighty, endless avalanche of abuse that slid off the asperous tongues of its enemies.
From Time Magazine Archive
He perpetually travelled, by land, on foot, even in Japan, where the ways are asperous, and almost impassible; and often walked, with naked feet, in the greatest severity of winter.
From The works of John Dryden, now first collected in eighteen volumes. Volume 16 by Sir Walter Scott
A second past she had filled with spring this office damp with autumn; now she made it more asperous and grey than had November, for her season had changed to the extremest winter.
From The Judge by Rebecca West
