had coarsened
- past perfect of coarsen.
Example Sentences
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Her skin had coarsened, tanned from all the time they were spending in the yard sitting beneath the brazen sun.
From "A Thousand Splendid Suns" by Khaled Hosseini
Her skin had coarsened a bit over the years, he thought.
From "Krik? Krak!" by Edwidge Danticat
This one day had coarsened my whole mind, bespattered my soul with shamelessness.
From Hunger by Hamsun, Knut
Cantwell was a strong man, and, although the North had coarsened him, yet underneath the surface was a chivalrous regard for all things weak, and this the trail madness had not affected.
From The Boy Scouts Book of Campfire Stories by Mathiews, Franklin K.
I thought he had coarsened and got into the ways of an ordinary Tommy—and I was snobbish and uncomprehending and horrible.
From The Rough Road by Locke, William John
