How to Use in rough in a Sentence

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• But the place was in rough shape, with repairs on the couple’s dime.
  — Laura Vozzella, Washington Post, 30 July 2023
• The fox — soon named Hope — was in rough shape, and the outlook didn’t look promising.
  — Emily Sweeney, BostonGlobe.com, 30 Mar. 2023
• The fox — soon named Hope — was in rough shape, and the outlook didn’t look promising.
  — Emily Sweeney, BostonGlobe.com, 30 Mar. 2023
• Russia said it was damaged by a fire and sank in rough seas.
  — Peter Weber, The Week, 17 Apr. 2022
• The men of Party Down may be in rough shape, but Party Down shows no such wear and tear.
  — Erik Adams, Chron, 16 Feb. 2023
• That legacy is what has the power to keep you afloat in rough waters.
  — Victoria Kennedy, Forbes, 23 Mar. 2023
• However, a 52-year-old man drowned at a beach in Oak Island, N.C., in rough surf from the storm.
  — Leigh Morgan, al, 30 Nov. 2022
• Crew members sleep in narrow bunk beds, which some sailors can be thrown out of in rough seas.
  — Gary Robbins, San Diego Union-Tribune, 22 June 2023
• One of the SEALs had tried to board the vessel in rough seas and fell into the water, officials have said.
  — David K. Li, NBC News, 22 Jan. 2024
• The 25-acre site in Berrien County is for sale, along with many buildings that are in rough shape but still standing.
  — From Usa Today Network and Wire Reports, USA TODAY, 12 Oct. 2021
• The couple purchased the home with hopes of restoring it after seeing in in rough shape.
  — Abigail Adams, Peoplemag, 22 Aug. 2023
• The country was in rough shape when President Ulysses S. Grant took office in 1869.
  — Erin Glynn, The Enquirer, 20 Apr. 2022
• Ahead of the storm, lobstermen moved their boats and traps inland so they wouldn't be damaged in rough waters.
  — Alex Sundby, CBS News, 16 Sep. 2023
• Search crews sent to the area found Tomlinson’s remains in rough terrain about half a mile from the vehicle.
  — Los Angeles Times, 9 May 2022
• At that time, about 40 of the ship’s containers tumbled into the Pacific Ocean in rough seas.
  — oregonlive, 24 Oct. 2021
• Of course, even with Jonathan Taylor in tow, Stroud will have to demonstrate composure in the face of chaos early on, as the rest of the Colts' offense is in rough shape.
  — Michael Middlehurst-Schwartz, USA TODAY, 11 Jan. 2023
• The brush fire was in rough terrain, so fire fighters were unable to use water and instead created the break.
  — Karl Schneider, The Indianapolis Star, 24 Nov. 2022
• The shape is designed to slice through waves with much lower vibration through the hull, while also reducing rock and roll in rough seas.
  — Julia Zaltzman, Robb Report, 14 May 2024
• After staging a sharp rally early this year, Tesla shares had been in rough waters over the past few months.
  — Esha Dey, Bloomberg.com, 7 June 2023
• The operators were preparing to board in rough seas when one of them slipped from a ladder, these people said.
  — Ellen Nakashima, Washington Post, 13 Jan. 2024
• The sack of Corral followed by his run for a two-yard loss was a killer for an Ole Miss offense that entered as the No. 1 unit in the nation but limped to halftime in rough shape.
  — Michael Casagrande | [e-mail], al, 3 Oct. 2021
• With the stock market down and the economy in rough shape, some companies are starting to make cutbacks and layoffs.
  — Globe Staff, BostonGlobe.com, 31 May 2022
• In 2011, two surfers were killed in rough waves in north Florida during Hurricane Irene.
  — NBC News, 18 Aug. 2023
• The post went on to explain that three stray kittens, each a month old, had been brought into the shelter in Omaha, and one was in rough condition.
  — Sydney Page, Washington Post, 24 Oct. 2023
• The rescue operation is taking place in rough seas, with near gale-force winds, and in some of the Mediterranean Sea's deepest waters.
  — Demetris Nellas, ajc, 17 June 2023
• The field was in rough shape following an Elton John concert a week earlier.
  — San Francisco Chronicle, 7 Sep. 2022
• As with the sizing, the spacing automatically scales down in rough proportion to the size of the grid on smaller screens.
  — Rob Weychert, ProPublica, 4 Feb. 2022
• Thai navy ships and helicopters searched Monday for 31 sailors still missing 24 hours after their warship sank in rough seas in the Gulf of Thailand.
  — Arkansas Online, 20 Dec. 2022
• The answer is finding a better way for buyers to distinguish between assets that are diamonds-in-the-rough and those that are just in rough shape.
  — Nick Leopard, Forbes, 9 Sep. 2024
• The closer, the better – and of course, there's really no margin for error with the watertight hull and the structural supports that'll hold the massive ship together in rough seas.
  — New Atlas, 7 Sep. 2024

Last Updated: 11 Nov 2024