coarse
Example Sentences
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With coarse fur, a stocky body, and a pair of daggers sticking out of its face, the woolly rhinoceros proved a formidable beast for millions of years as it roamed northern Eurasia.
From Science Magazine
Start with coarse sandpaper — maybe 80 grit — and work up to progressively finer grades, ending with 400 grit.
From Seattle Times
Instead, the subsurface profiles and sediment samples indicated that the pockmarks contain alternating layers of fine and coarse sediment.
From Science Daily
He screams them exactly five more times, until his voice becomes coarse, almost inhuman with pain.
From Salon
“This attack is without precedent, it is so serious and coarse that I need to stop and reflect with my wife,” he said.
From Seattle Times
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