How to Use rough it in a Sentence

rough it

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• One thing to bear in mind here is that these tiny houses are conceived as an alternative to roughing it in tents, not brick-and-mortar homes.
  — Adam Williams july 10, New Atlas, 10 July 2026
• On Black Rabbit, Bateman the director takes the color palette and dark lighting of Ozark and roughs it up.
  — Scott Roxborough, HollywoodReporter, 17 Aug. 2026
• This two-piece Jason Markk kit includes a soft horsehair brush for cleaning suede without roughing it up, plus an eraser for removing stubborn dirt and marks.
  — Lauren Dana Ellman, Travel + Leisure, 19 Aug. 2026
• For campers who don’t mind roughing it, this is a feature, not a bug, as wilderness-seeking guests here have the opportunity to soak up unparalleled quiet and ultra-dark night skies.
  — Emily Pennington, Condé Nast Traveler, 15 Feb. 2023
• In photos shared exclusively with PEOPLE, the Ocean’s Eleven alum and his pal Uber can be seen roughing it in New Zealand, where Heart of the Beast was filmed.
  — Jack Smart, PEOPLE, 6 Aug. 2026
• Claim a tent site beneath the ponderosa pines of Center Lake Campground, park your RV at the Stockade North and Stockade South campgrounds (near the site of an 1874 gold discovery), or rough it with backcountry camping in French Creek Natural Area.
  — Jess Hoffert, Midwest Living, 5 Aug. 2026