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Recent Examples of rough-edged
One of the things Sean Baker does exceptionally well is draw us into a vivid and highly specific milieu, nurturing our affections for characters who are rough-edged, to put it mildly, and then whip up a vortex of steadily escalating chaos.
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David Rooney, The Hollywood Reporter, 21 May 2024
Foster’s version of Sarah was more defiant and rough-edged than the producers and the director, Jonathan Kaplan, wanted.
—Jordan Kisner, The Atlantic, 18 Feb. 2024
David Rooney, The Hollywood Reporter, 21 May 2024
Foster’s version of Sarah was more defiant and rough-edged than the producers and the director, Jonathan Kaplan, wanted.
—Jordan Kisner, The Atlantic, 18 Feb. 2024
Recent Examples of Synonyms for rough-edged
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This isn’t a new trend, but the unpolished and personal nature of social media makes people more connected to an individual, than, say, television or film, which are loftier mediums.Callum Booth, Forbes, 30 Oct. 2024
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This watch is offered by Wind Vintage, and features an unpolished platinum case with its original box and papers.Allen Farmelo, Robb Report, 13 Sep. 2024
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She’s still been busy, though, with all the ski trials and uncouth houseguests.Bethy Squires, Vulture, 17 Oct. 2024
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That collab has produced six custom 1α bikes, each costing €19,900, and looking – to my uncouth eye, at least – almost exactly like standard 1α models (priced at €14,900) but with an ill-fitting and slightly fuzzy seat cover.New Atlas, New Atlas, 12 Oct. 2024
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The goal is simple: remove the fear of failure and make room for raw, unrefined thinking.Dr. Diane Hamilton, Forbes, 2 Nov. 2024
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Most of the unrefined crude oil processed in California arrives by ships from foreign ports.Russ Mitchell, Los Angeles Times, 24 Oct. 2024
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For their part, the Russians considered the Mizrahim—indeed, most Israelis—loud, uncultured boors.Judith Shulevitz, The Atlantic, 5 Oct. 2024
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Inserting two distinct forms of the gene into clusters of uncultured cells, the team discovered that the form of NOVA1 found in H. neanderthalensis created bumpier blobs of brain tissue when cultured, while the form of NOVA1 found in H. sapiens created smooth, spherical clumps.Sam Walters, Discover Magazine, 1 Mar. 2023
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Inside the former church was a sunken living room with comfortably oversize seating arranged around a fireplace, an enormous kitchen and dining area with a ceiling crossed by rough-hewn wooden beams, and a grand bedroom that had the presence of a theater set.Peter Terzian, Travel + Leisure, 17 Oct. 2024
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His brooding, rough-hewn features were recognizable worldwide, his name a rallying cry from South America to the Vatican.Christopher Goffard, Los Angeles Times, 28 Sep. 2024
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Heathcliff Heaths are areas of open, uncultivated land.Anna Moeslein, Parents, 22 July 2024
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Although a heath is an area of open, uncultivated land, in this instance the capital H points readers to Hampstead Heath, one of the highest points in London and a grassy space full of hills, ponds, woodlands, playgrounds and a training track.Bryan West, USA TODAY, 23 Apr. 2024
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Married to Stanley, a man of carnal appetites and vulgar manners, Stella has embraced the crude pleasures of realism, while her freeloading sister still clings to tattered aristocratic illusions.Charles McNulty, Los Angeles Times, 4 Nov. 2024
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Trump was heard bragging in vulgar terms about women.Alena Botros, Fortune, 4 Nov. 2024
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Yet he’s always had an audaciously irreverent flair for mixing up the experimental and the trashy, the futuristic and the old school.Rob Sheffield, Rolling Stone, 21 Oct. 2024
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Later, Alba’s character tosses some of her trashy pills back with wine and winds up assaulting Gaylord in his family home.Sean Malin, Vulture, 5 Sep. 2024
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“Rough-edged.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/rough-edged. Accessed 21 Nov. 2024.
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