How to Use coarse in a Sentence

coarse

adjective

• The dog has a thick, coarse coat.
• The fabric varies in texture from coarse to fine.
• Summer snow is coarse and grainy; winter snow, smooth and dense.
  — Elizabeth Kolbert, The New Yorker, 7 Oct. 2024
• Shaving does not cause the hair to grow back thicker; the shaved hair has a blunt edge, which will feel coarse.
  — Washington Post, 1 July 2021
• These remove both coarse and fine hair and double as a dermaplaning tool.
  — Chris Hachey, BGR, 15 June 2021
• Look for a 100-grit nail file, which is coarse enough to file down the surface of the acrylics, or a nail drill.
  — Marci Robin, Good Housekeeping, 12 July 2021
• Working in batches as needed, pulse them in a spice grinder or food processor to a coarse powder.
  — Washington Post, 3 June 2021
• The ceramic conical burrs can be adjusted to produce fine or coarse grounds.
  — Leah Koenig, Forbes, 29 June 2021
• Women may also have hirsutism, or dark, coarse hair growing on parts of the body that are typically hairless.
  — Elizabeth Yuko, Rolling Stone, 16 July 2024
• Add the butter and pulse until the mixture resembles coarse crumbs and holds together when a little is squeezed in your fingers.
  — BostonGlobe.com, 1 June 2021
• The charred vegetables are food processed into a coarse paste, then splashed with lime juice, seasoned with sugar and fish sauce, and sprinkled with fresh cilantro.
  — Bon Appétit, 24 June 2021
• Transfer the dukkah mixture to a food processor and grind to a coarse powder, being careful not to overprocess into a paste.
  — Washington Post, 4 July 2021
• But if there are any crusty bits, try pouring coarse salt in there and going at it with a Tawashi scrubber, which has soft bristles that whisk away any detritus.
  — Lauren Joseph, Bon Appétit, 16 June 2021
• Cut in the butter using a knife, a pastry cutter or your fingers, until the mixture resembles coarse cornmeal.
  — Tribune News Service, cleveland, 28 June 2021
• Stir in 1 tablespoon Dijon mustard, ¼ teaspoon coarse salt, ½ teaspoon pepper and hot sauce to taste.
  — Susan Nicholson, Arkansas Online, 26 May 2021
• That recipe, seemingly left at the machine’s default coarse grind, led to tart and woefully underextracted coffee.
  — Matthew Korfhage, WIRED, 5 Sep. 2024
• Making things even worse, as mentioned earlier, is how Gaga is held back in the musical numbers, which also happen to be uniformly coarse, ugly and rancid.
  — Tom Gliatto, People.com, 3 Oct. 2024
• Though many of the trees in UAF’s plot are thriving, Woodward points out that these woody organisms have enjoyed the lifelong protection of a coarse-mesh metal fence.
  — Ned Rozell, Anchorage Daily News, 19 June 2021
• The firmer underpinnings and performance tires may do wonders for the handling without destroying the ride, but refinement suffers in the process, especially on coarse road surfaces.
  — Greg Kable, Car and Driver, 20 May 2021
• My dry, coarse hair just glides around the tube - very smooth.
  — Nerisha Penrose, ELLE, 5 Nov. 2022
• Just put some on the coarse side of a damp sponge and gently scrub the stains on the tub.
  — Madeline Holcombe, CNN, 4 Feb. 2024
• Salt the rim of your glass with coarse sea salt to get just a taste with each sip.
  — Kaitlyn Yarborough, Southern Living, 16 July 2023
• The skillet was easy to clean by hand, and browned bits came off with the coarse side of a sponge.
  — Rennie Dyball, Peoplemag, 29 Mar. 2023
• Stir in the salt and the coarse grits, stirring until the contents of the pot return to a boil.
  — Tribune News Service, cleveland, 15 Nov. 2021
• Dip top of the rim into coarse salt to completely go around the rim.
  — al, 20 Dec. 2022
• It's topped with coarse pretzel salt and fresh cut jalapeños.
  — Hannah Kirby, Journal Sentinel, 28 June 2022
• In a large bowl, using a potato masher, mash half of the beans to a coarse paste.
  — Christopher Kimball, USA TODAY, 8 Feb. 2023
• If the gunk still won’t wipe away with ease, use a soft-bristle brush or the coarse side of a sponge to dig in.
  — Kelly Dawson, Architectural Digest, 17 Sep. 2024
• Step 1On small plate, combine lime zest and coarse salt.
  — Joy Cho, Good Housekeeping, 11 Jan. 2023
• Better to used coarse, aged wood mulch than fresh chips.
  — Nan Sterman, San Diego Union-Tribune, 1 Apr. 2023

Last Updated: 16 Nov 2024