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How to use coarse in a sentence

40 example sentences · adjective

Coarse means with a rough texture; not smooth. Example: “Due to the internet issue, the system generated an coarse audio file.”

Examples of coarse by meaning

adjectiveComposed of large particles.

  • No sieves or bolting cloths are employed in its manufacture, and many coarse, unpulverized particles are present in the product.1908, Harry Snyder, Human Foods and their Nutritive Value, New York: Macmillan, section 157, pp. 145-146
  • Missing units may be attributed to either the lack of proper sized material in the source or the successive, downcurrent sedimentation of the coarser materials first and the finer materials last.2012, Paul E. Potter, James Maynard, Wayne A. Pryor, Sedimentology of Shale: Study Guide and Reference Source

adjectiveLacking refinement, taste or delicacy.

  • The butcher and the porkman painted up only the leanest scrags of meat; the baker, the coarsest of meagre loaves.2007, Charles Dickens, A Tale of Two Cities, Penguin, →ISBN, page 34

adjectiveOf inferior quality.

  • Due to the internet issue, the system generated an coarse audio file.
  • She detests visiting coarse places.

More sentences with coarse

  • He troweled the coarse mix with a twist, leaving a pattern of arcs.From the entry trowel
  • Ignoring his coarse insults was a classy response.From the entry classy
  • Some peasemeals are ground coarser than others.From the entry peasemeal
  • Geng Dingxiang emphasised its non-abstruse and non-profound aspect of refined subtlety within coarse shallowness.2021, Xuezhi Zhang, History of Chinese Philosophy in the Ming Dynasty, page 392. From the entry non-abstruse
  • The original jumpers were made with coarse sheep's wool that retained the natural oils.2020, Colin Murphy, A Feckin' Tour of Ireland: 50 Must Do Things, The O'Brien Press Ltd, →ISBN. From the entry Aran jumper
  • “Maledian merwolf hair?” suggested Galvin, waving his hand over a clear pouch bulging with coarse blue hair.2020, Shivaun Plozza, chapter 2, in The Boy, the Wolf, and the Stars, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, →ISBN, page 22. From the entry merwolf
  • “There are those who like Ford’s coarse and unrefined style,” she said.2014 May 16, Paul Koring, “Rob Ford a topic of discussion at U.S. think tank”, in Globe and Mail, Canada, retrieved 08 Aug 2014. From the entry Ford Nation
  • Some moulis come with a selection of fine, medium or coarse discs.2014, Tracklements Savoury Preserves: Traditional, handmade accompaniments for meat, cheese or fish. From the entry mouli
  • Mountain viscachas eat coarse spikegrass that is found near small mountain streams.2013, James G. Sanderson, Patrick Watson, Small Wild Cats: The Animal Answer Guide, unnumbered page. From the entry viscacha
  • The coarsest sensualists are in thrall more to their brainish fantasies than to their carnal appetites.2013, Michael Curran, Sentences. From the entry brainish
  • The vibrissae are coarse hairs whose follicles are located just within the nasal meatus.2012, David W. Kennedy, Peter H. Hwang, editors, Rhinology: Diseases of the Nose, Sinuses, and Skull Base, Thieme, →ISBN. From the entry meatus
  • A long-handled mopholder fitted with a coarse carriage sponge will facilitate the cleaning of the latter.2009, Various, The Complete Home, →ISBN. From the entry mopholder
  • Rounds of olive-oily focaccia are scattered with coarse salt and rosemary, scallions, or tomato sauce.2007, Patricia Unterman, Patricia Unterman’s San Francisco Food Lover’s Pocket Guide, Berkeley, Calif.: Ten Speed Press, →ISBN, page 101. From the entry olive-oily
  • The berries are dried and crushed to form a coarse purple-red powder.2006, Rivka Goldman, “Bread with Spices”, in Mama Nazima’s Jewish-Iraqi Cuisine: Low-fat, Low-cholesterol: Cuisine, History, Cultural…. From the entry sumac
  • Use the 'pulse' button to turn these ingredients into a coarse sort of breadcrumby, dry mixture.2005, Ben Canaider, Greg Duncan Powell, Cooking under the influence: food to drink to, page 70. From the entry breadcrumby
  • Samp was corn broken into coarse grains and boiled as porridge.2004, Louise Cabral, A Pageant of Shadows, page 327. From the entry samp
  • Our native water arum has long-stalked, thick, coarse leaves that are ovalish and about three inches long.1996, Norman Taylor, 1001 Questions Answered About Flowers, page 31. From the entry ovalish
  • She wears only white khaddar saris and white khaddar blouses beneath which is her coarse bandage-tight bodice.1988, Bapsi Sidhwa, Ice-Candy Man, Daunt Books (2016), page 6. From the entry khaddar
  • Herbs with long creeping stolons; leaves with coarse white hairs, or glabrous.1978, chapter 2, in The Potato Crop: The scientific basis for improvement, →ISBN, page 30. From the entry acumen
  • Chickens cannot digest coarse or dry grass, and it is likely to cause them to become cropbound.1977, J. H. Florea, ABC of poultry raising: a complete guide for the beginner or expert, page 57. From the entry cropbound
  • Low-clansmen are coarser of feature and wear their furcaps trimmed in a different fashion.1974, Lin Carter, The Valley Where Time Stood Still, Garden City, N.Y.: Doubleday & Company, Inc., →ISBN, page 7. From the entry furcap
  • The dipcoat is sprayed with a coarse sand while it is still wet.1952, Rawson L. Wood, Investment Castings for Engineers, page 144. From the entry dipcoat
  • Living on bare Navy symbolized having to exist on the coarse fare supplied by the Service.1946, Edwin Radford, Unusual Words and how They Came About, page 15. From the entry bare navy
  • Clusters of strong flowers rose everywhere above the coarse tussocks of bent.1913, D[avid] H[erbert] Lawrence, “chapter 9”, in Sons and Lovers, London: Duckworth & Co. […], →OCLC. From the entry bent
  • Then a man called for her, and began to make coarse jokes.1913, D. H. Lawrence, chapter 5, in Sons and Lovers. From the entry sotto voce
  • Need another one?” Delila looked up from her glass and made her voice overly coarse in a mockery of Zeke’s.2023 June 17, Micky Carre, chapter 1, in Like Tears in Rain (Aurora Chronicles; 2), ASIN B0C4HYYT6P. From the entry hydro
  • Very coarse work is sided up without an upsett, or is upsetted with a pair instead of a wale.2012, Thomas Okey, An Introduction to the Art of Basket-Making, page 32. From the entry upset
  • A bit coarse, but highly gulpable as a house red.2009 February 21, Gord Stimmell, “Many fine wines plus one for a coffee lover”, in Toronto Star. From the entry gulpable
  • Lucy Orrinsmith praised the charms of green glazed vases from the Aures mountains and Tunisian coarse clay and terracotta jars.2008, Judith A. Neiswander, “Individuality and Eclectic Internationalism”, in The Cosmopolitan Interior: Liberalism and the British Home…. From the entry jar
  • However, since the Zariski topology is so coarse, small neighbourhoods in the Zariski topology might not be local enough.2008, Gert-Martin Greuel, Gerhard Pfister, A Singular Introduction to Commutative Algebra, 2nd edition, Springer, page 523. From the entry Zariski topology
  • During a flood, the areas adjacent to the channel tend to receive deposits of the coarsest sediments carried by the water.2003, Francine Hughes, editor, The Flooded Forest: Guidance for Policy Makers and River Managers in Europe on the Restoration of…. From the entry levée
  • The dense borodinskii bread, a Pullman-shaped loaf of coarse rye flavored with molasses and coriander seeds, is imported from Brooklyn.1995 May 11, Linda Burum, “Markets: Eastern Europe Meets West Hollywood”, in Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles, Calif.: Los Angeles Times…. From the entry borodinskii bread
  • Here it was sucked from tiny one-shot bottles wrapped in coarse paper, taken between drafts of good East German beer.1992, T. Davis Bunn, The Amber Room, →ISBN. From the entry one-shot
  • Parapsis shiny, with close micropunctures and sparse coarse punctures; mesoscutal disc shiny, with sparse micropunctures, nearly impunctate in middle.1982, Bulletin, volumes 81-82, page 81. From the entry micropuncture
  • Unfortunately, anchusas have the defect of being coarse in appearance, with hairy leaves and stems which are neither elegant nor graceful.1975, Ippolito Pizzetti, Henry Cocker, Flowers: A Guide for Your Garden, Volume 1, [page 55]. From the entry anchusa

Meaning of coarse

  1. adjective With a rough texture; not smooth.
  2. adjective Composed of large particles.
  3. adjective Lacking refinement, taste or delicacy.

Full definition of coarse

Questions about coarse in a sentence

How do you use coarse in a sentence?
Coarse is used as an adjective. For example: “Due to the internet issue, the system generated an coarse audio file.”
What is a short sentence with coarse?
“She detests visiting coarse places.”
What does coarse mean?
Coarse means with a rough texture; not smooth.

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