coarsened
Example Sentences
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In today’s coarsened climate, fretting about rules of politeness seems futile.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 23, 2026
In these landscapes, naturalism and abstraction often battle to a pulsating draw by means of a magnified, or coarsened pointillism that recalls Seurat in its mosaic-like array of dots, dashes and commas.
From New York Times ● Mar. 10, 2024
And Crawford, his flinty good looks partly hidden by a dark beard and coarsened by the cold Utah air, all but buries David in an inchoate weave of jealousy, confusion and fury.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 13, 2021
“Hasn’t our national debate been coarsened enough, and shouldn’t we appreciate the old-school attributes of somebody like Bob Mueller, who declined to engage in hand-to-hand combat with 140 characters?” asked Sandick.
From The Guardian ● Jun. 11, 2019
Her skin had coarsened a bit over the years, he thought.
From "Krik? Krak!" by Edwidge Danticat
