rough
Example Sentences
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She did not look like a rough sleeper and did not drink or take drugs.
From BBC • Jun. 10, 2026
“I showed my wife some rough footage,” the surgeon said.
From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 10, 2026
Stocks are setting up for another rough day, led by tech, as a crucial consumer-price inflation report looms.
From MarketWatch • Jun. 10, 2026
Congolese mining towns tend to be porous and migrant-heavy, rough, difficult places to live in some of the country’s roughest, most difficult areas, where there is plenty of reason to distrust outsiders.
From Slate • Jun. 9, 2026
Father missed his mother he never knew; but Grandpa sang him lullabies, holding him close with rough but gentle hands.
From "Will’s Race for Home" by Jewell Parker Rhodes
