coarsen
verb (used with or without object)
to make or become coarse.
had coarsened
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past perfectof coarsen.past perfect
Used to express a completed action that took place before another specific past action occurred.
Example Sentences
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Her skin had coarsened a bit over the years, he thought.
From "Krik? Krak!" by Edwidge Danticat
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
His childish beauty had coarsened, but he was thought handsome by many.
From Further Chronicles of Avonlea by L. M. (Lucy Maud) Montgomery
This one day had coarsened my whole mind, bespattered my soul with shamelessness.
From Hunger by Knut Hamsun
A change had coarsened her like a puff of air on a still pool.
From The Spoilers by Rex Ellingwood Beach
