coarsened
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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
He thinks it has coarsened discourse in the Capitol.
From Washington Post ● Nov. 11, 2021
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
He reminded me of the Big Boy at the Elias Brothers’ chain of restaurants, only older, coarsened and bloated by adult vices.
From "Middlesex: A Novel" by Jeffrey Eugenides
