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    Use "roughness" in a sentence

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    roughness


    1. She passed her hands over his chin, natives either grew full length beards or had their facial hair genetically removed, so this roughness was something she seldom sensed and after the fifty Earth years since he'd left, it moved her in unexpected ways


    2. the roughness of a mole on your skin,


    3. I don’t know how long I stay there, at one with the roughness of the elements but, as the clouds gradually become darker and darker, portentous of worsening weather, I do the sensible thing and go below


    4. She can almost feel the roughness of the wooden cubes with faded paint … they belonged to her mum when she was a baby she remembered from somewhere


    5. Whatever happened to the roughness and


    6. “Because of the lack of communication and the roughness of the terrain there doesn’t seem to be anyone in overall command issuing the right orders and so Brigade has ordered us back”, there was a sick look on the Major’s face now as he continued


    7. sure they blasted light in the right place, shaved off just the right level of roughness at the edges of a chip, added gold contacts here, not there


    8. I went over and kissed Rosie on her now dry forehead that was hot and had the roughness of sandpaper about it I said


    9. Getting hit hard running out of bounds, and the refs tacked on another 15 for unnecessary roughness


    10. He cupped her cheek in his hand and she felt the roughness of his palm on her soft skin

    11. His hand had a dry, pleasant roughness when we shook


    12. Teri felt the roughness of a coarse blanket tossed round her bare shoulders


    13. It remained a mystery to Molo how the Pilgrim could remain unperturbed by the roughness of the terrain, the adverse conditions, and the unforgiving miles he had walked to get here in the first place


    14. Bearing down ever harder it finally shattered and the familiar taste was in her mouth, but so was the roughness of the shells


    15. In time, he described the roughness of the


    16. Before long, however, we had to abandon the river for the south bank because of roughness


    17. 21 The fear of the Lord goes before the obtaining of authority, but roughness and pride is the losing of it


    18. He could already feel the roughness of a forest path under his feet


    19. Was she dreaming? Would she wake up disappointed? She reached out to feel the roughness of his cheek


    20. Finns were proud of the roughness of the country at such times

    21. “I have heard that there are those of every race who are affected that way, and that anyone might enjoy a bit of roughness and pain while in the throes of their strongest passion


    22. Beneath his cheek he felt the roughness of stones


    23. But such an act would tear the membrane of his mind, and already Simon could tell by the wild roughness of the sky and the bite of the sand that the man was unschooled in any meditation technique that could heal him


    24. overloaded carts over the roughness of the gravel terraces and the rock-strewn ground of the


    25. care taken to ease her through every roughness of the uneven gravel surface and around the


    26. He sees a wooden table, framed by a glimmer of moonlight, and feels the roughness of the cloths bundled underneath which serve for a makeshift bed


    27. He steps forward and his foot meets a mound of roughness


    28. He was handsome, his features kept perfect symmetry, his manners were noble and bold and if it wasn’t for the roughness of his treatment, I might consider him nice


    29. devastating effects of fear induced in children by roughness and cruelty; but


    30. He only knew the roughness of battles

    31. The faces along the bar had an edge, a dry roughness about


    32. I began to think that if they were this tired now, what were they going to feel like after the next two days? It gets much worst for them, an old man and five women, and one looked as if she were with child, for this was their first time going to Tarsus, and had maybe underestimated the roughness of the mountains


    33. The crystals are almost always crude, but notwithstanding their roughness, they are very desirable


    34. introduce errors and roughness in the final result


    35. For a certain roughness and abruptness of style I must apologize


    36. Smooth internal surfaces help to avoid roughness and crevices within


    37. finish should have an arithmetical average surface roughness of not greater than 0


    38. He taught people stinginess, greed, cunning, deception, debauchery, roughness, oppression and treason


    39. I always loved this first wild frolic of cold winds and catkins and hurriedly crimsoning pollards, of bleakness and promise, of roughness and sweetness--a blow on one cheek and a kiss on the other--before the spring has learned good manners, before it has left off being anything but a boisterous, naughty, charming _Backfisch_; but this year after having been ill so long it is more than love, it is passion


    40. Their cordiality, too, becomes more pronounced in proportion to the coldness and roughness of the water; and the water that day looked cold and was certainly rough, and I felt that there being only two of us in it it would be impossible to escape the advances of the other one

    41. She felt like she was challenging their roughness with her grace, and ultimately, she was winning


    42. “I apologise for the roughness of our greeting


    43. with a roughness you most could fear?


    44. When dry sand off the rest of the peels and sand the edges around the peeling to soften the roughness of the paint once this is done


    45. roughness of the sport


    46. In this way by degrees he acquires those ideas of roughness and smoothness, hardness and softness, solidity, &c


    47. But it is at the sacrifice of many beautiful qualities of form, as this roughness of surface does not lend itself readily to any finesse of modelling


    48. His mouth covered mine, hard and insistent, and I basked in its roughness


    49. There was little roughness in the sport, and much playfulness


    50. With this object they resolved to show themselves, and at the stir they made in getting upon their feet the fair damsel raised her head, and parting her hair from before her eyes with both hands, she looked to see who had made the noise, and the instant she perceived them she started to her feet, and without waiting to put on her shoes or gather up her hair, hastily snatched up a bundle as though of clothes that she had beside her, and, scared and alarmed, endeavoured to take flight; but before she had gone six paces she fell to the ground, her delicate feet being unable to bear the roughness of the stones; seeing which, the three hastened towards her, and the curate addressing her first said:

































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    Synonyms for "roughness"

    roughness crudeness raggedness harshness indentation pitting disorderliness rowdiness rowdyism choppiness rough water rudeness unevenness

    "roughness" definitions

    a texture of a surface or edge that is not smooth but is irregular and uneven


    the quality of being harsh or rough or grating to the senses


    an unpolished unrefined quality


    used of the sea during inclement or stormy weather


    rowdy behavior


    the formation of small pits in a surface as a consequence of corrosion


    harsh or severe speech or behavior