coarsen
verb (used with or without object)
to make or become coarse.
has coarsened
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present perfectof coarsen (3rd person singular).present perfect
Used to describe actions that started in the past and continue into or have direct relevance to the present.
Example Sentences
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He thinks it has coarsened discourse in the Capitol.
From Washington Post ● Nov. 11, 2021
An Upton spokesman said he is doing telephone town halls because political discourse has coarsened so much that traditional ones “have become circus atmospheres.”
From Seattle Times ● Feb. 24, 2017
Their hubris has lost its glamour of beauty and has coarsened into vulgar insolence.
From The Morals of Marcus Ordeyne : a Novel by William John Locke
Monk Lewis, of course, knew Cazotte, but he has coarsened his original woefully.
From A History of the French Novel, Vol. 1 From the Beginning to 1800 by George Saintsbury
