roughens
- present tense form of roughen (3rd person singular).
Example Sentences
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Wells has a deep, oaky baritone that roughens to a grumble in its lower register.
From The New Yorker ● Feb. 4, 2019
The sea, perhaps because of its saltness, roughens the outside but keeps sweet the kernel of its servants' soul.
From An Outcast of the Islands by Conrad, Joseph
The German procedure roughens the fiber and lowers the moral standards of the general student.
From Villa Elsa A Story of German Family Life by Henry, Stuart Oliver
"Yes, I am a rough brute," he repeated bitterly; "but, darling, you don't know how it roughens one, bossing the men!"
From Tiny Luttrell by Hornung, Ernest William
As a general rule, pain, especially if it be mental, hardens and roughens the character.
From My Path to Atheism by Besant, Annie Wood
