coarsen
verb (used with or without object)
to make or become coarse.
was coarsening
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past progressiveof coarsen.past progressive
Used to describe an ongoing action or continuous state that was happening at a specific time in the past.
Example Sentences
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He knew that his association with the daughter of the landlord of the Thorn and Thistle was coarsening him, making him have lower standards of life, making everything poorer, more sordid.
From Tommy by Joseph Hocking
