coarsen
verb (used with or without object)
to make or become coarse.
coarsens
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present tense formof coarsen (3rd person singular).present tense
Used to describe things happening now or regularly.
Example Sentences
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But there is nothing better about this “Cat Person,” which coarsens, flattens and torturously over-elaborates a story whose elegant concision was precisely what made it such rich and elastic interpretive fodder.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 22, 2023
Even as Twitter frays and coarsens under Musk’s ownership, it’s still possible to have fun with others, one of the few things that keeps users from leaving.
From New York Times ● Jan. 20, 2023
It coarsens public discourse, distracts from the real issues and prevents solutions.
From Washington Times ● Nov. 14, 2017
It erases nuance, coarsens thought, turns into a game of “Telephone” in which original meaning becomes hopelessly garbled with every successive retweet.
From Seattle Times ● Jun. 26, 2017
Materialism coarsens and petrifies everything; makes everything vulgar and every truth false.
From Amiel's Journal by Mrs. Humphry Ward
