roughage

Example Sentences

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Although this heap of roughage looks as if it should be taken for medicinal purposes only, the greens have lost their ferocious raw quality after being thoroughly kneaded with a Caesar-like dressing.

From New York Times

It's a time when we focus on our "beach bodies": We're in and out of the gym and then right over to our favorite restaurant for that big bowl of summer roughage.

From Salon

The texture of the Simmer in Broth kale was so wonderful and unique, it inspired me to draw a series of stars around the phrase "buttery roughage" on my to-do list.

From Salon

His diet includes mostly carbohydrates, "nightshade" vegetables, MSG, and coffee, for legumes, whole grains, roughage, and a small percent of lean meat.

From Fox News

We used to think of fiber simply as “roughage;” the parts of plants that our digestive system could not break down and convert into energy.

From Scientific American