rough
Example Sentences
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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
During rough weather in the English Channel in December 2017, Augustus Mensah, 55, fell and struck his head on the deck.
From BBC • Jun. 8, 2026
Sagan and his team mapped out flight paths for placeholders, based on stadium locations and rough dates, long before the official drawing.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 8, 2026
"The fans are just brutal here," said Guercio, who remembers a 2000s rough patch marked by six straight seasons without a playoff berth and the "dirt chanting" directed at coach Isiah Thomas.
From Barron's • Jun. 8, 2026
We know so much more about the brain today than the Phrenologists and the Whole Brainers did in 1850, yet we really understand only the rough outlines.
From "Phineas Gage" by John Fleischman
