How do you use Rough in a sentence? See 10+ example sentences showing how this word appears in different contexts, including synonyms like rocky or harsh, plus the exact meaning.
Rough in a sentence
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Rough meaning
- Not smooth; uneven.
- Approximate; hasty or careless; not finished.
- Turbulent.
Synonyms of Rough
Using Rough
- The main meaning on this page is: Not smooth; uneven. | Approximate; hasty or careless; not finished. | Turbulent.
- Useful related words include: rocky, harsh, smooth, toothed.
- In the example corpus, rough often appears in combinations such as: the rough, sleeping rough, in rough.
Example sentences (20)
A smaller, corner ring held the dog classes with rough then smooth haired sheepdogs, working terriers, whippets, rough and then smooth-haired lurchers as well as foxhounds.
Cllr Berriman said he was inspired to spend a night sleeping rough due to the cost-of-living pressures experienced by so many, as well as rising housing costs and cuts to services – which is causing a spike in rough sleeping across Wales.
On this scheme, the response from the Executive said: “Since 2015 the Council has commissioned a short term accommodation service to help people who are sleeping rough or at risk of sleeping rough in the district.
Other measures the councillors say are urgently needed to prevent a rough sleeping disaster include increasing the homelessness prevention grant and discretionary housing payments, as well as increasing funding for rough sleeping initiatives.
The course is reminiscent of legendary Southern Hills in Tulsa, which Hanse also restored, with small, sloped green, rough natural bunkers and prairie grass rough.
The first rough draft of history, as newspapers have been called, can be plenty rough.
Billericay residents were shocked last week after two tents were set up by rough sleepers in Lake Meadows Park, with the council, police and street pastors reaching out to try and help the rough sleepers.
So, I came late in life, but I'm glad, and it's good to be alive after a rough, rough time growing up.
The “Rough Day” campaign speaks to adults (18+) who turn to tobacco to cope with mental health challenges, showing how the Hawai‘i Tobacco Quitline can support them through the rough days without nicotine.
West Norfolk Council recently launched its Homelessness and Rough Sleeping Strategy - the way that the borough plans to address homelessness and rough sleeping person by person.
Price ratios and volatility for rough diamonds are structured at the primary level when rough diamonds are sorted and valued.
The Isle of Wight Council has been successful in securing £288,700 from the government’s Rough Sleeping Initiative to fund a range of measures to help the Island’s rough sleepers find accommodation and support.
The seaboards of areas under Signal No. 1 will also experience rough to very rough seas with waves that may reach 2.5 to 4.5 meters.
Chris Ingham, The Rough Guide To The Beatles, p. 220 (Rough Guides Ltd., 3rd edition 2009).
Functions of the rough ER Many types of cells export proteins produced by ribosomes attached to the rough ER.
Lucas' 1981 rough drafts had Darth Vader competing with the Emperor for possession of Luke—and in the second script, the "revised rough draft", Vader became a sympathetic character.
Rough endoplasmic reticulum An animation showing how a protein destined for the secretory pathway is synthesized into the rough endoplasmic reticulum (which appears at upper right in animation when approximately half of animation is done).
Rough Guide to Heavy Metal. Rough Guides.
The Rough Guide to Rock (London: Rough Guides).
Abalos, a former mayor of Mandaluyong City, shared with Garcia that he understood where the governor was coming from and cited a similar ‘rough experience with a national government agency’ during his time as mayor, the same article stated.
Common combinations with rough
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:
- the rough 33×
- sleeping rough 12×
- in rough 11×
- rough sleepers 11×
- of rough 8×
- had rough 8×
- rough sleeping 7×
- rough in 7×
- after rough 7×
- rough seas 7×