roughen
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Red whirls on this rabbit’s tongue are filiform papillae, which roughen the tongue and help move food around the mouth.
From New York Times ● May 21, 2024
The general idea is that ground surfaces roughen after the mass movement of rocks and soil, so that landslide deposits are the roughest right after the landslide occurs and become smoother over time.
From Science Daily ● Nov. 7, 2023
The narrative swerves enough to thrillingly roughen the course of love, and the characters are so memorable that readers will yearn for a third book.
From Washington Post ● Sep. 1, 2015
“If you’re going out, I would apply Conformist Hair Paste to roughen up the texture,” he says.
From Forbes ● Jun. 10, 2014
He had rather efface himself and his own interests for ever than roughen, by one additional pebble, my path to the grave!' mimicking, with ludicrous insuccess, Freddy's round young tones.
From Doctor Cupid by Broughton, Rhoda
Wells has a deep, oaky baritone that roughens to a grumble in its lower register.
From The New Yorker ● Feb. 4, 2019
The eye should be cleanly cut, or it roughens the thread.
From Embroidery and Tapestry Weaving by Christie, Grace
Further, that the prettied of faces roughens and bristles into an ugly one, when it expresses anger with the feminine recruiting officer more than pity for the deserter.
From Flower, Fruit, and Thorn Pieces; or, the Wedded Life, Death, and Marriage of Firmian Stanislaus Siebenkaes, Parish Advocate in the Burgh of Kuhschnappel. by Jean Paul
The sea, perhaps because of its saltness, roughens the outside but keeps sweet the kernel of its servants' soul.
From An Outcast of the Islands by Conrad, Joseph
You had better get on board now, before the sea roughens.
From The Billow and the Rock by Wheeler, E.J.
Auto-tune aside, fans will notice that Thorn's voice has deepened and roughened.
From BBC ● Apr. 22, 2023
“It wasn’t looked at being this roughened type of scenario. It was an offering with very strong comforts of home while you still were able to enjoy the outdoors with your family.”
From New York Times ● Aug. 28, 2022
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
They stretched taller, and the soft, pale bark darkened, roughened.
From "Ash" by Malinda Lo
Though it may seem counterintuitive, roughening a ball’s surface delays the separation of the boundary layer and keeps a ball in turbulent flow longer.
From Scientific American ● Nov. 19, 2022
“When I close my eyes, I can still feel that moment,” said the other daughter, Samia, her voice roughening as her eyes filled with tears.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 31, 2022
Instead he interprets traditional Yolngu chants, raising and roughening his gentle voice while a Western orchestra plays churning, minimalist accompaniments around him.
From New York Times ● Jul. 13, 2018
Wilmington’s Council had been closing shortfalls of 5 percent to 10 percent for several years, and the compounding effect was roughening the edges of a city that aggressively marketed its coastal quality of life.
From New York Times ● Jul. 5, 2011
“Photographs taken by means of slanting light show clearly the roughening and raising of the fibres of the paper about the date due to mechanical erasure,” the examiner wrote.
From "Killers of the Flower Moon" by David Grann
