Examples of roughen in a Sentence
Roy Berendsohn, Popular Mechanics, 4 Aug. 2023
To try to remedy the situation, workers dragged tires and scrubbed the slick surface to try to roughen it up a bit.
—Nathan Brown, The Indianapolis Star, 22 Apr. 2022
The optional mirror-bright 20-inch wheels look great but roughen the ride.
—Dan Neil, WSJ, 3 Feb. 2022
That can roughen up the cuticle, which leads to tangles, frizz, and then breakage.
—Sable Yong, Allure, 29 Dec. 2021
Fisher has recruited sturdily in his four seasons at A&M, but that road will roughen in the state with UT and OU joining the mighty football conference, one that has led the nation in NFL draft picks for 15 consecutive years.
—Brent Zwerneman, San Antonio Express-News, 28 Sep. 2021
This will roughen up the paneling’s glossy surface, so the primer will adhere better.
—Joseph Truini, Popular Mechanics, 18 Dec. 2020
Prine sang his conversational lyrics in a voice roughened by a hard-luck life, particularly after throat cancer left him with a disfigured jaw.
—NBC News, 8 Apr. 2020
Winner of a lifetime achievement Grammy earlier this year, Prine sang his conversational lyrics in a voice roughened by a difficult life, particularly after throat cancer left him with a disfigured jaw.
—CBS News, 8 Apr. 2020
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1582, in the meaning defined at transitive sense
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