coarse

Example Sentences

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Now, he wears the coarse grey traditional Kurdish fatigues, fully aware, he said, that he may never see his wife and two daughters again.

From Barron's • Mar. 16, 2026

From a distance, the tall grass made the terrain look smooth, but it was anything but: full of rocks and roots and tiny coarse bushes grabbing at your feet.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 1, 2026

He also hinted that he was not really enjoying the job or the coarse civic culture of our current moment.

From Slate • Feb. 13, 2026

Normally, these deposits show a simple pattern with coarse grains at the bottom and finer grains on top.

From Science Daily • Oct. 22, 2025

I pictured it in our basement bathroom, its delicate wings set against the coarse cement.

From "Educated" by Tara Westover