How do you use Roughness in a sentence? See 10+ example sentences showing how this word appears in different contexts, including synonyms like raggedness or disorder, plus the exact meaning.
Roughness in a sentence
Roughness meaning
- The property of being rough, coarseness.
- Something that is rough; a rough spot.
- Roughage; coarse fodder.
Synonyms of Roughness
Using Roughness
- The main meaning on this page is: The property of being rough, coarseness. | Something that is rough; a rough spot. | Roughage; coarse fodder.
- Useful related words include: raggedness, disorder, disorderliness, rowdyism.
- In the example corpus, roughness often appears in combinations such as: unnecessary roughness, surface roughness, of roughness.
Context around Roughness
- Average sentence length in these examples: 23.4 words
- Position in the sentence: 4 start, 7 middle, 9 end
- Sentence types: 20 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Roughness
- In this selection, "roughness" usually appears near the end of the sentence. The average example has 23.4 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, unnecessary, sudden, intentional, call, penalty and index stand out and add context to how "roughness" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include an unnecessary roughness call for and an unnecessary roughness penalty on. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "roughness" sits close to words such as abattoir, agi and agitations, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with roughness
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
Some females bear scars from this roughness. (7 words)
Initially, the referees only flagged Williams for unnecessary roughness. (9 words)
We have a machine that identifies what we call the roughness index. (12 words)
There were no fines issued in the Week 1 matchup between the Pittsburgh Steelers and the Atlanta Falcons, a somewhat surprising outcome given there were offsetting unnecessary roughness penalties and a late hit by OLB Matthew Judon on WR George Pickens. (41 words)
After about three minutes of booing from the crowd and deliberation between the refs and both head coaches, Pitt’s Pat Narduzzi and Clemson’s Dabo Swinney, a flag was thrown, delivering Pitt the deserved unnecessary roughness call. (38 words)
However, a really tough unnecessary roughness penalty on Quinn Meinerz killed that momentum to setup a 1st and 25. That would lead to a predictable punt as the Broncos offense is rarely able to overcome such events. (37 words)
Example sentences (20)
And don’t get Cincy fans started on the final unnecessary roughness call that put the Chiefs in field goal range.
Greenlaw was fined $10,927 by the league for the unnecessary roughness penalty.
However, a really tough unnecessary roughness penalty on Quinn Meinerz killed that momentum to setup a 1st and 25. That would lead to a predictable punt as the Broncos offense is rarely able to overcome such events.
Some of his poems are quite finished in style, but many would find that there is often that paradoxical mix of roughness and beauty that is characteristic of Mallia.
The possibility for sudden roughness is high in the sea areas off the coast extending from Colombo to Hambantota via Galle and Matara.
These files will include a diffuse map, a normal map, a roughness-and-metalness map, and often a displacement map.
We have a machine that identifies what we call the roughness index.
Yeast had been called for unnecessary roughness on a hit earlier in the fourth.
A blatant unnecessary roughness (or late hit out of bounds?) penalty somehow went unpenalized.
After about three minutes of booing from the crowd and deliberation between the refs and both head coaches, Pitt’s Pat Narduzzi and Clemson’s Dabo Swinney, a flag was thrown, delivering Pitt the deserved unnecessary roughness call.
There were no fines issued in the Week 1 matchup between the Pittsburgh Steelers and the Atlanta Falcons, a somewhat surprising outcome given there were offsetting unnecessary roughness penalties and a late hit by OLB Matthew Judon on WR George Pickens.
Mr Mandelbrot's son, Dr Didier Mandelbrot, says his father, driven by curiosity to look for connections wherever he could find them, was the chief architect of the world's understanding of roughness in nature.
The Bears opened the drive with David Montgomery’s 13-yard run, and an unnecessary roughness penalty on Texans safety Justin Reid brought them to the Texans’ 38-yard line.
You go down the list of stuff — unnecessary roughness – it wasn’t a leg whip, it’s not out of bounds, he’s not blocking someone out of bounds.
A vindictive political executive may feel it is entitled to its roughness, but a combination of action and inaction in the Delhi high court and then the Supreme Court last Tuesday has ended up diminishing us all.
In this country, cracks and inconsistencies get passed off as intentional roughness.
Michael Pierce received an unnecessary roughness call for aggressively lifting and hurling a runner to the ground — a call Harbaugh questioned.
Some females bear scars from this roughness.
Earlier in the season, the Warriors lost 1-0 to Golden Valley in a tournament with one of their players getting injured due to unnecessary roughness.
Initially, the referees only flagged Williams for unnecessary roughness.
Common combinations with roughness
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:
- unnecessary roughness 13×
- surface roughness 6×
- of roughness 5×
- the roughness 5×
- roughness of 5×
- roughness call 3×
- roughness penalty 3×
- roughness and 3×
- roughness or 3×
- roughness is 2×