rough
Example Sentences
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Rushing went hitless in the previous five, in a rough seven-week stretch.
From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 28, 2026
For ex-policeman Jan Carlos Roa Garcia and his family, it was another night sleeping rough.
From BBC • Jun. 27, 2026
British comic artist Gemma Correll, whose work has appeared everywhere from The New Yorker to tote bags bearing the legend “Pugs Not Drugs,” had a very rough 2018.
From Salon • Jun. 27, 2026
Her childhood “was a pretty rough one,” she continues.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 26, 2026
Natalie tumbled along the rough rooftop, trying to grab hold of something, anything, and then suddenly the solid ground underneath her was gone and she was underwater again.
From "Two Degrees" by Alan Gratz
