rawness
Example Sentences
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"It's like when the first snows come. It's a tenderness, but there's a rawness to it as well."
From BBC ● Aug. 12, 2026
But the track is too long, and the production is too polished to convey the rawness the song demands.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 14, 2026
"Humanity promised itself, in the rawness of that grief, that it would not face such a day again unprepared."
From Barron's ● Jun. 15, 2026
With sets from the Los Angeles performance to Philadelphia, the recordings capture the rawness of their performance and a pivotal moment for the band’s history.
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 24, 2025
After my weeks of travel, when I had seen constantly the rawness of man’s contempt for man, the mere act of resting in this atmosphere was healing.
From "Black Like Me" by John Howard Griffin
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