coarsen
Example Sentences
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“Bullying and intimidating behavior is not only coarsening discussion but having a chilling effect,” Korinke observed.
From Los Angeles Times
This coarsening of the riverbed then creates underwater dunes.
From Science Magazine
The problem is that the Senate regularly conducts a spectacle that coarsens the political culture and clashes with judicial independence — without offsetting benefits, in terms of information it could not gain through other means.
From Washington Post
But it is also unavoidably true that this coarsening has both been led and worsened by Trump.
From Washington Post
It’s not just that they coarsen the culture, though that’s bad enough.
From Seattle Times
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
