Men associate the roughness of nonstandard working-class speech with masculinity. From Wordnet, Princeton University.
The roughness of her voice was a signal to keep quiet. From Wordnet, Princeton University.
Not just on acting ability, but all of them have a certain roughness to their appearance which Ledger just doesn't have. From Wordnik.com. [Filmstalker: Heath Ledger is The Joker?] Reference
The chaos and irregularity of the world - Mandelbrot referred to it as "roughness" - is something to be celebrated. From Wordnik.com. [BBC News - Home] Reference
It was a different kind of roughness; Flinx thought it very becoming. From Wordnik.com. [For Love of Mother-Not]
When I began to see any kind of roughness I just sent both the boys downstairs (it was in a big hall upstairs). From Wordnik.com. [Oral History Interview with Harriet Herring, February 5, 1976. Interview G-0027. Southern Oral History Program Collection (#4007)] Reference
It is solemn and noble in conception, and would be a great work but for a roughness which is more careless than archaic. From Wordnik.com. [Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 2, Part 1, Slice 1] Reference
To Du Bellay and Sturm he complained not a little of the "roughness" of his prince, whom he had never found more "harsh.". From Wordnik.com. [The Rise of the Hugenots, Vol. 1 (of 2)] Reference
You know that deliberate pushing, striking or any kind of roughness is forbidden, and you could be disqualified as a player. From Wordnik.com. [Marjorie Dean, High School Freshman] Reference
Mr. BEN RATLIFF (Music Critic, The New York Times): The first time you hear Ornette, there's this kind of roughness and chaos in it. From Wordnik.com. [Ornette Coleman: Decades of Jazz on the Edge] Reference
The roughness is jarring. From Wordnik.com. [Hair, History, Personality] Reference
Rough he was, but with that roughness which is somehow full of kindness. From Wordnik.com. [A King's Comrade A Story of Old Hereford] Reference
"The first time you hear Ornette, there's this kind of roughness and chaos," says. From Wordnik.com. [NPR Topics: News] Reference
It was the other kind of roughness in which resided no warm affection, no heart-touch of love. From Wordnik.com. [Jerry of the Islands] Reference
Economy in raising live stock demands the production of all "roughness" or roughage materials on the farm. From Wordnik.com. [Agriculture for Beginners Revised Edition] Reference
The animation is still "old school" and has that classic "roughness" to it, but every frame is sharp and exact. From Wordnik.com. [SoundtrackNet] Reference
Bargh notes that physical concepts such as roughness, hardness, and warmth are among the first that infants develop. From Wordnik.com. [Daily News & Analysis] Reference
"roughness," or friction that can disturb wind flow. From Wordnik.com. [PhysOrg.com - latest science and technology news stories] Reference
"roughness," or meat that year it would be a surprisingly small quantity. From Wordnik.com. [The Durket Sperret,] Reference
(not a lot of happy endings in the pilot) and the kind of roughness of language and visual content not seen since, well, "NYPD Blue.". From Wordnik.com. [IAmATVJunkie.com: News, Great Clips, Unfiltered Snark (and sometimes, free stuff!)] Reference
There was roughness, but it was the roughness of strength. From Wordnik.com. [The Bishop of Cottontown A Story of the Southern Cotton Mills] Reference
And it comes with buffing pads to smooth leftover roughness. —. From Wordnik.com. [You’re worth it: 12 holiday gifts to yourself] Reference
In spite of his apparent roughness Wyvis Brand was an impressionable man. From Wordnik.com. [A True Friend A Novel] Reference
Let them examine the bark of the trunk and describe its colour and roughness. From Wordnik.com. [Ontario Teachers' Manuals: Nature Study] Reference
It forced the hockey world to confront questions about the roughness of the game. From Wordnik.com. [Sent To The Penalty Box] Reference
A snake in restless molt, abrading roughness, good riddance to all that dead skin. From Wordnik.com. [Spring] Reference
If the animal is inclined to eat, it should be fed very little roughness and grain. From Wordnik.com. [Common Diseases of Farm Animals] Reference
I don't know why no one dreams about the roughness like I dream about the roughness. From Wordnik.com. [Hard] Reference
There is something about Arturo's smell, about the roughness of his lips on hers …. From Wordnik.com. [Arturo + Lourdes, 2005 and 4ever] Reference
For Nora did not look like a person who would bear roughness or rudeness from any one. From Wordnik.com. [A True Friend A Novel] Reference
He will lick the wounds and sores that come in encounter with the roughness of the world. From Wordnik.com. [Ohio Arbor Day 1913: Arbor and Bird Day Manual Issued for the Benefit of the Schools of our State] Reference
This process removes all roughness from the back of the skin, leaving it smooth and clean. From Wordnik.com. [The Building of a Book A Series of Practical Articles Written by Experts in the Various Departments of Book Making and Distributing] Reference
The visuals and audio of Beijing Punk reflect the rawness and roughness of the subject matter. From Wordnik.com. [Stewart Nusbaumer: Film Review: Beijing Punk] Reference
The same play between dominant roughness and tenderness is true, too, of his voice and manner. From Wordnik.com. [A Village of Vagabonds] Reference
Employees lived with such roughness because of their vesting stock options and the promise of glorious riches. From Wordnik.com. [AT DELL, HE'S NO SECOND FIDDLE] Reference
You sink them there and build a wall with them, and create purpose to their roughness and use to their weight. From Wordnik.com. [Love, Mortar] Reference
You know, we were interested in out-of-tuneness and roughness and leaving things in that you would generally edit out. From Wordnik.com. [Portishead Masters Audio Glue on 'Third' Album] Reference
His English is more secure, his German accent eroding the sentences as if they were soft stone, adding a roughness to his voice. From Wordnik.com. [Can Christoph Eschenbach and the National Symphony Orchestra give each other a fresh start?] Reference
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