roughened

How To Use roughened In A Sentence

• The idea here is to use an adsorbent surface (a roughened metal plate) to concentrate explosive vapours.
• It is termed the gluteal tuberosity, and gives attachment to part of the Glutæus maximus: its upper part is often elongated into a roughened crest, on which a more or less well-marked, rounded tubercle, the third trochanter, is occasionally developed. II. Osteology. 6c. 3. The Femur
• He was clean shaven, only a few small whiskers roughened his otherwise smooth chin.
• The microphone crackled and roughened the sound, but the liquid of her voice came through. Day of Honey
• In these cases, the dorsal surface of the bone will often be roughened and show pits and channels.
• Short fair hair curled lankly down from beneath the hat; blond stubble roughened his jawline. NIGHT SISTERS
• His hair was very fair, his face naturally sanguine, his skin roughened by coarse soap and blunt razor blades and the cold of the winter that had just ended. Nineteen Eighty-Four
• Knurling . knurling is the process of producing a roughened suce by means of a specialized forming tool called a knurl .
• Just waiting," answered Jake's dad, his voice slipping into the gruff tone it could take on when they travelled into rural Alaska, when he moved closer into the country that had roughened and raised him. The Place He Had to Go
• As time went on, the surface of the highway roughened.