coarsened

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In today’s coarsened climate, fretting about rules of politeness seems futile.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 23, 2026

To say our politics have coarsened over the past few decades is like noting that temperatures drop and daylight shortens as we settle into autumn.

From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 28, 2022

“Hasn’t our national debate been coarsened enough, and shouldn’t we appreciate the old-school attributes of somebody like Bob Mueller, who declined to engage in hand-to-hand combat with 140 characters?” asked Sandick.

From The Guardian • Jun. 11, 2019

There’s an argument that coarsened culture requires even more gruesome photographs to rouse our numbed humanity.

From New York Times • Mar. 3, 2018

He reminded me of the Big Boy at the Elias Brothers’ chain of restaurants, only older, coarsened and bloated by adult vices.

From "Middlesex: A Novel" by Jeffrey Eugenides