coarse
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Once sliced, the tomatoes are dipped in flour, then in eggs and, finally, in coarse cornmeal before they are fried to golden-brown perfection.
From Salon • Apr. 6, 2026
Now, he wears the coarse grey traditional Kurdish fatigues, fully aware, he said, that he may never see his wife and two daughters again.
From Barron's • Mar. 16, 2026
From a distance, the tall grass made the terrain look smooth, but it was anything but: full of rocks and roots and tiny coarse bushes grabbing at your feet.
From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 1, 2026
He also hinted that he was not really enjoying the job or the coarse civic culture of our current moment.
From Slate • Feb. 13, 2026
She always experienced a moment of panic in the middle because she couldn’t swim, but she planted her feet firmly in the coarse sand and struggled on.
From "A Girl Named Disaster" by Nancy Farmer
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The SAT: Words to Capture Tone, List 6
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"Of Mice and Men"
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