The ruggedness of the mountains. From Wordnet, Princeton University.
The ruggedness of his exams caused half the class to fail. From Wordnet, Princeton University.
This anchorage is a wonderful place; the water is extremely deep, and the rocks which bound the coast exceed in ruggedness and boldness of outline any that I ever saw before. From Wordnik.com. [Journal Kept During The Russian War: From The Departure Of The Army From England In April 1854, To The Fall Of Sebastopol] Reference
It does not represent one particular era or historical event, but the idea of ruggedness and perserverance. From Wordnik.com. Reference
The musical ideas of those of the compositions that are finely realized recall the ruggedness and hardiness and starkness of things that persist in the Finnish winter. From Wordnik.com. [Musical Portraits Interpretations of Twenty Modern Composers] Reference
Is there more "ruggedness" (by whatever term) in the G-series than in say the A-series?. From Wordnik.com. [News: Digital Photography Review (dpreview.com)]
Unfortunately, the young men of 1793 have not yet arrived at that painful experience, that implacable hate, that athletic ruggedness which is to sustain them in. From Wordnik.com. [The French Revolution - Volume 2] Reference
"It is all dot-and-go-one -- a uniform ruggedness which is not true either to life or mind. From Wordnik.com. [The Beth Book Being a Study of the Life of Elizabeth Caldwell Maclure, a Woman of Genius] Reference
Yet it is not the ruggedness of the Devon land we feel in. From Wordnik.com. [English Literature for Boys and Girls] Reference
Here, you get a real sense for the ruggedness of this terrain. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Jul 23, 2007] Reference
Out of all keeping with this brown ruggedness were Janet's eyes. From Wordnik.com. [Janet of the Dunes] Reference
Manchester picture have given way to ruggedness and transparency. From Wordnik.com. [Watts (1817-1904)] Reference
And, again, here, the type of terrain you can see the ruggedness. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Nov 16, 2001] Reference
His face was graver than before, the bruises enhancing his ruggedness. From Wordnik.com. [Noble House]
I think their plain diet had much to do with their ruggedness of nature. From Wordnik.com. [Modern Eloquence: Vol III, After-Dinner Speeches P-Z] Reference
To my generation he is to ruggedness what Mannion once was to the sublime. From Wordnik.com. [Andy Carroll a hard man? He'd not last two seconds with Mick Harford] Reference
Its ruggedness reminded me so much of my tipsy house that I felt sad for a moment. From Wordnik.com. [Memoirs of a Geisha]
He's got this cute, black-Irish look (think Gabriel Byrne without the ruggedness). From Wordnik.com. [dulligirl Diary Entry] Reference
And when you mix the ruggedness with the romance, it ` s a pretty irresistible combination. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Nov 19, 2008] Reference
Houghton, he discovered, had none of Walter's ruggedness of build or floridity of complexion. From Wordnik.com. [Irresistible]
Latinist though he was, he did not despise the national literature in spite of its ruggedness. From Wordnik.com. [A Literary History of the English People From the Origins to the Renaissance] Reference
A language of exhaustless variety; strong without ruggedness, and flexible without effeminacy. From Wordnik.com. [Choice Specimens of American Literature, and Literary Reader Being Selections from the Chief American Writers] Reference
We four officers lay down side by side with just our valises to soften the ruggedness of the ground. From Wordnik.com. [Pushed and the Return Push] Reference
The banks on either side were quite level, and no indentations or ruggedness marked the line of separation. From Wordnik.com. [Seven and Nine years Among the Camanches and Apaches An Autobiography] Reference
He is ever prone to be a little rugged in his manner, and this ruggedness has proved something of a trap to the unwary. From Wordnik.com. [Fray Luis de León A Biographical Fragment] Reference
Here the great mountain peaks were quite lost in the clouds, and the ruggedness of the scenery was grand in the extreme. From Wordnik.com. [Fair Italy, the Riviera and Monte Carlo Comprising a Tour Through North and South Italy and Sicily with a Short Account of Malta] Reference
With him the ruggedness of his master's manner was softened down, and considerable advances made towards a better style. From Wordnik.com. [Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine — Volume 53, No. 327, January, 1843] Reference
He stood before her, hat in hand, wholesomely honest in his homely ruggedness, a flush of embarrassment tinging his face. From Wordnik.com. [Trail's End] Reference
The nearest railroad was close to two hundred miles from this place, quite a haul considering the ruggedness of the country. From Wordnik.com. [Through the Grand Canyon from Wyoming to Mexico] Reference
His inward excitement is shown by the vehemence and ruggedness of expression which now and henceforth marked his polemical writings. From Wordnik.com. [Life of Luther] Reference
The form of both is similar, and the ruggedness observable in the latter instruments is found, but in a more marked degree, in those of. From Wordnik.com. [The Violin Its Famous Makers and Their Imitators] Reference
Kibei was exceedingly ugly, a regular mask, and O'Hana was a woman to make much of physical beauty, as well as strength and ruggedness. From Wordnik.com. [The Yotsuya Kwaidan or O'Iwa Inari Tales of the Tokugawa, Volume 1 (of 2)] Reference
Though its style has something of the barbaric about it, yet it is chiefly so on account of its ruggedness, vastness and stern grandeur. From Wordnik.com. [Donahoe's Magazine, Volume 15, No. 2, February 1886] Reference
Even automakers admit few buyers really need SUVs 'off-road ruggedness, since only 5 percent of them ever venture into the untamed wilderness. From Wordnik.com. [The Unstoppable Suv] Reference
Being quickened by the breeze, the lake danced on in its earlier smoothness, only in a faster tempo, improving the ruggedness of the watery wrinkles. From Wordnik.com. [The Revolutions of Time] Reference
Subaru touts its Outhack as a "sport utility wagon," combining the ruggedness of a sport utility vehicle with the smooth ride and the better gas mileage of a car. From Wordnik.com. [Comfort For Codgers] Reference
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