rough
Example Sentences
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HM Coastguard said the children were helped on Friday evening in Fleetwood after they got into difficulty in rough seas "a significant distance out from the sea wall".
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
If you read the book, in the early chapters it’s rough with my folks.
From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 25, 2026
Alfred Dee stood as straight as a fence post, and he wore the Sassafras Springs uniform: a rough blue shirt and worn overalls with a red bandanna sticking out of the back pocket.
From "The Seven Wonders of Sassafras Springs" by Betty G. Birney
