How to Use rough up in a Sentence

rough up

phrasal verb

• Make the hole square instead of round, and rough up the edges.
  — Nan Sterman, San Diego Union-Tribune, 7 Oct. 2023
• They were dyed in a green and blue tint, spun in the tumble dryer, and then roughed up using sandpaper.
  — Hikmat Mohammed, WWD, 1 July 2024
• The actor's ears weren't his only body parts roughed up during filming.
  — Jessica Wang, EW.com, 7 Dec. 2023
• Treinen wasn’t the only reliever to get roughed up in a bullpen that entered with a 13-inning scoreless streak.
  — Mike Digiovanna, Los Angeles Times, 29 June 2024
• The shotcrete interior looks smooth and water-carved from afar, but is rough up close, the knobbly texture of tree bark.
  — Nathaniel Scharping, Discover Magazine, 4 Apr. 2024
• Mayfield sustained bruised ribs when he was roughed up by safety Tyrann Mathieu late in the fourth quarter.
  — Rick Stroud, Orlando Sentinel, 1 Jan. 2024
• Sometimes settlers show up and rough up some people, beat them, threaten them.
  — Isaac Chotiner, The New Yorker, 1 Nov. 2023
• The waves weren't precise or uniform in shape, but rather looked as though they'd been styled with a three-barrel iron, then roughed up and tousled for an undone finish.
  — Kara Nesvig, Allure, 25 Jan. 2024
• He was roughed up for five runs in one inning at Northeastern May 7, and nine runs in 2 2/3 innings against Xavier earlier.
  — Dom Amore, Hartford Courant, 4 June 2024
• The design is crafted from a textured leather that is weather- and scratch-resistant, so consistent use won’t rough up your bag.
  — Megan Schaltegger, Travel + Leisure, 21 Nov. 2023
• He got roughed up by the Rangers in his major league debut May 3 and later was sent down to the minors twice before rejoining the Diamondbacks.
  — Brooks Warren, The Courier-Journal, 8 Jan. 2024
• He’s bullied and roughed up at school, then intentionally gives himself a bloody head injury.
  — Common Sense Media, Washington Post, 8 Dec. 2023
• In a physical game, Arsenal's players were shoved and roughed up, while riling the home fans with streetwise tactics that might have pushed the boundaries of gamesmanship.
  — Steve Douglas, ajc, 7 May 2023
• The Indiana transfer who came back from two knee surgeries and two shoulder injuries was roughed up by the Wolverines, limping at times, stepped on another time.
  — Ralph D. Russo, USA TODAY, 9 Jan. 2024
• Atlanta took the opener, 9-3, after Nick Pivetta got roughed up, allowing seven runs on seven hits in four innings.
  — Andrew Mahoney, BostonGlobe.com, 10 May 2023
• Other than being roughed up for six runs in one inning of work against Stanford in the Pac-12 tournament, he’s allowed seven earned runs over 19 innings during three of his last four appearances.
  — oregonlive, 8 June 2023
• No guitar solo wears out its welcome; the feedback lasts just long enough to rough up some of the pretty; every bass line, chintzy drum, and honeyed harmony (also coming from Flegel) emerges then slips away at just the right moment.
  — Jason Lamphier, EW.com, 14 July 2024
• Inside, if a few protesters interrupted a rally, they would often be roughed up by the audience members around them, as thousands cheered every punch and shove.
  — Benjamin Wallace-Wells, The New Yorker, 25 Sep. 2023
• Making matters worse, while leaving the nightclub that night, his bodyguards roughed up a photographer — who, to be fair, was attempting to climb into Prince’s limo — resulting in a lawsuit.
  — Jem Aswad, Variety, 25 June 2024
• In 2022, deputies texted about roughing up a man arrested on suspicion of domestic violence.
  — Jerry Mitchell, New York Times, 29 May 2024
• Its durable leather upper can be polished into an elegant shine or roughed up to look a little more relaxed, giving them an entirely different look for the boardroom or for casual wear.
  — Olivia Muenter, Peoplemag, 29 Feb. 2024
• Protesting mothers being roughed up by police officers.
  — James Sullivan, BostonGlobe.com, 13 Sep. 2023
• The police roughed up many of the protesters, so King underlined the need for the federal government to create a special civil rights force to prevent police brutality against protestors (in New York as well as Birmingham).
  — TIME, 9 May 2024
• But with animation, Hamm can separate his voice from his famously handsome face, even roughing up his signature baritone to sound significantly less suave.
  — Alison Herman, Variety, 7 Jan. 2024
• Roaming the surrounding hillsides with several thousand sheep, and sometimes roughing up Palestinian herders who got in their way, a handful of committed Israeli herders quickly established a civilian presence across a much larger area.
  — Gabby Sobelman, New York Times, 3 Oct. 2023
• During Vucic’s inauguration ceremony, hooligans, including a member of the Janissaries, helped to rough up and remove protesters.
  — Robert F. Worth, New York Times, 3 May 2023

Last Updated: 16 Oct 2024