coarsen
verb (used with or without object)
to make or become coarse.
have coarsened
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present perfectof coarsen.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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To say our politics have coarsened over the past few decades is like noting that temperatures drop and daylight shortens as we settle into autumn.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 28, 2022
Beyond concerns that talent shows may have coarsened the tone of TV entertainment, there have also been worries about the impact on other areas of culture.
From The Guardian ● Aug. 29, 2014
Ms. Paige’s once pristine, Sarah Brightman-like soprano may have coarsened and frayed, but in “Memory,” “Cry Me a River” and “As if We Never Said Goodbye,” she still belted like a trouper.
From New York Times ● Feb. 13, 2012
Then he says that I may perhaps think that his troubles have coarsened him, but that he unhappily retains all his old sensitiveness.
From Father Payne by Arthur Christopher Benson
