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
The first knife has a straight edge and is for rough cutting the wood to create a general shape.
From "Clairboyance" by Kristiana Kahakauwila
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