Example Sentences
Recent Examples of Synonyms for coarsened
Adjective
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Household financial resilience also remains uneven, even when many adults report doing okay or living comfortably.
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The uneven workmanship of the double stitching suggests the giant flag was likely made by amateurs, curators with the historical society have determined.
Verb
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Gen Zers jaded by sky-high tuition costs and workers wanting to ditch their unfulfilling desk jobs are turning to blue-collar jobs as their next professional adventure.
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He's been jaded by, uh, Southern California surf culture.
Verb
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Nearby Elephant Butte Lake, a draw for outdoorsy tourists, is so severely drought-depleted that sunbaked fish carcasses line its shores.
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Four years on from the invasion of Ukraine, Russia has proved remarkably resilient, shouldering sanctions, rocketing inflation, and depleted fiscal reserves.
Verb
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This skirt reminds me of the one that Jenner wore out in New York recently.
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Something switched in that one 10 years ago — the Warriors wore out and James (and Kyrie Irving) kicked it into hyperdrive.
Verb
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Fellow striker Ricardo Pepi tired out the Australian back line all day.
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Plus, their fabric and fill are less likely to accrue that ever-darkening yellowish stain that tired goose down pillows acquire over time, thanks to sweat, oils, lotion residues, etc.
Verb
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Brousson jokingly stereotyped the Waffle House staffers as having active warrants, picking their nose with the spatulas and smoking cigarettes while battling third-degree grease burns.
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When younger generations don’t have interactions or relationships with older adults having vibrant lives, later chapters of life can be stereotyped as a time of pain, difficulty and loss, Emery-Tiburcio said.
Verb
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They can get dehydrated and overexposed to the sun and are unable to cool down.
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The background appears splotchy and overexposed, but to my dismay, the selfie camera did not miss my messy eyebrows or the minor imperfections on my skin.
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“Coarsened.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/coarsened. Accessed 6 Jul. 2026.
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