roughened

Example Sentences

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Auto-tune aside, fans will notice that Thorn's voice has deepened and roughened.

From BBC • Apr. 22, 2023

To achieve the shells’ luminous surfaces, Utzon covered them with more than a million handcrafted ceramic tiles, their surfaces roughened by trace amounts of crushed stone, a technique inspired by Japanese pottery.

From New York Times • Aug. 2, 2021

It was more like a shift in temperature or light, a texture inside of me that roughened.

From New York Times • Mar. 31, 2021

He sang his conversational lyrics in a voice roughened by a hard-luck life, particularly after throat cancer left him with a disfigured jaw.

From Washington Times • Apr. 7, 2020

The edges of the pages were slightly roughened, and the paper was still so pale that every letter stood out clear and black.

From "Inkheart" by Cornelia Funke