The coarseness of the cloth made it scratchy and uncomfortable. From LearnThat.org.
In proportion as the cultivation of the land was the more unconditionally the foundation of the Egyptian state, the idea of coarseness and barbarism was united with the idea of. From Wordnik.com. [Commentary on Genesis - Volume 2] Reference
The hostess, on the grounds of their alleged "coarseness," complained to Morton that she had been insulted. From Wordnik.com. [The Magnificent Montez From Courtesan to Convert] Reference
It is peculiarly delicate, and agreeably flavored, without any of the coarseness which is so often found in plants of the Cabbage tribe. From Wordnik.com. [The Field and Garden Vegetables of America Containing Full Descriptions of Nearly Eleven Hundred Species and Varietes; With Directions for Propagation, Culture and Use.] Reference
I don't know what "coarseness" Kersten is talking about on other points of the dial aside from the top-rated morning station, KQRS, so I can't really comment on that. From Wordnik.com. [Archive 2006-05-01] Reference
Ex-President disturbed by "coarseness" of the Czech politics. From Wordnik.com. [Prague Monitor] Reference
He had that combination of savoir-faire with a sort of well-groomed coarseness which is not uncommon in young doctors. From Wordnik.com. [The Man Who Was Thursday, a nightmare] Reference
"So you're going to marry Antonia Dennant?" said a voice on his right, with that easy coarseness which is a mark of caste. From Wordnik.com. [The Island Pharisees] Reference
But, unlike Reischach, Stafforth's admiration, though not so open, had that touch of coarseness which is so often the mark of the bourgeois 'approval. From Wordnik.com. [A German Pompadour Being the Extraordinary History of Wilhelmine van Grävenitz, Landhofmeisterin of Wirtemberg] Reference
"coarseness" (chap. 5), and all that was said in that connection applies with equal force to the subject now before us. From Wordnik.com. [Luther Examined and Reexamined A Review of Catholic Criticism and a Plea for Revaluation] Reference
Sandpaper comes in various grades of coarseness from. From Wordnik.com. [Handwork in Wood] Reference
He is coarse, but coarseness is not the worst of him. From Wordnik.com. [Classic French Course in English] Reference
There are various grades of coarseness, from No. 00 to No. 3. From Wordnik.com. [Handwork in Wood] Reference
True modesty is as far removed from coarseness as from prudery. From Wordnik.com. [The Education of American Girls] Reference
Blassemare, notwithstanding his coarseness, had a sufficiency of tact. From Wordnik.com. [The International Magazine, Volume 2, No. 3, February, 1851] Reference
It is a refiner, a cultivator, a subduer of coarseness, barbarity, rudeness. From Wordnik.com. [Aims and Aids for Girls and Young Women On the Various Duties of Life, Physical, Intellectual, And Moral Development; Self-Culture, Improvement, Dress, Beauty, Fashion, Employment, Education, The Home Relations, Their Duties To Young Men, Marriage, Womanhood And Happiness.] Reference
He felt the hairy coarseness of it, the furry tingle of his once smooth skin. From Wordnik.com. [The Monster] Reference
The coarseness of the tooth is indicated by the number of "points" to the inch. From Wordnik.com. [Handwork in Wood] Reference
Which one keeps the American quality and which one retains the coarseness of the. From Wordnik.com. [Northern Nut Growers Association, Report of the Proceedings at the Third Annual Meeting Lancaster, Pennsylvania, December 18 and 19, 1912] Reference
His manners had something of coarseness in them; his passion was music, dancing, and pleasantry. From Wordnik.com. [The International Monthly Magazine - Volume V - No II] Reference
Part of the fault lies in Evelino Pidò's conducting, which substitutes coarseness for elegance. From Wordnik.com. [Don Pasquale] Reference
It had an adolescent coarseness and an air of studied jollity, as if he knew he was being watched. From Wordnik.com. ['His Name's Dutch Reagan'] Reference
A certain crude coarseness crept into his phrases, perhaps something long repressed had found vent. From Wordnik.com. [Juggernaut] Reference
RuPaul's clever producer uploaded a dance remix of Bale's tour de coarseness, netting 1.5 million clicks. From Wordnik.com. [Three Cheers For Dakota! Turn the Other Cheek, Christian] Reference
Dave's mother and sisters were fastidious, and Dave found himself, even at fourteen, resenting coarseness. From Wordnik.com. [Our Nervous Friends — Illustrating the Mastery of Nervousness] Reference
"The outside beauty of these peasant girls generally conceals much internal coarseness, not to say depravity.". From Wordnik.com. [Monte-Cristo's Daughter] Reference
Taken in conjunction with stubby finger tips and a thick wrist, it indicates coarseness, even positive brutality. From Wordnik.com. [Cupology How to Be Entertaining] Reference
Next, get lists of the common cleansing agents found in an ordinary home, and arrange them in order of coarseness. From Wordnik.com. [Ontario Teachers' Manuals: Household Management] Reference
But it was exactly the tension between coarseness and sensitivity that made his Stanley such an explosive performance. From Wordnik.com. [Brando Speaks] Reference
As they left, she reproached Trampy for his coarseness: those horrid stories which made her blush before everybody's eyes. From Wordnik.com. [The Bill-Toppers] Reference
The criticisms on contemporary writers were sometimes just, but are frequently disfigured by undue vehemence and coarseness. From Wordnik.com. [Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 3, Part 1, Slice 3 "Banks" to "Bassoon"] Reference
Your first interaction is with the coarseness of the almonds; so what if they're usually a little soggy: I can live with that. From Wordnik.com. [An Unappreciated Culinary Delight] Reference
Communication of our sort stank of reason; gilded over and bland in its practicality — coarseness covering an injured domesticity. From Wordnik.com. [Beached] Reference
Her Home coarseness will appear most when she is in the most refined circles, and appearing there will abash her more than elsewhere. From Wordnik.com. [Aims and Aids for Girls and Young Women On the Various Duties of Life, Physical, Intellectual, And Moral Development; Self-Culture, Improvement, Dress, Beauty, Fashion, Employment, Education, The Home Relations, Their Duties To Young Men, Marriage, Womanhood And Happiness.] Reference
Just two years ago this was said: Bill Clinton will bring 1960s idealism to the presidency, scrubbing the coarseness from public life. From Wordnik.com. [Since Mckinley's Cigar] Reference
The textures described are the textures of feminine connections, in all their coarseness, softness, prickliness, slinkiness or comfort. From Wordnik.com. [Lily Bevan: Nora Ephron's 'Love Loss And What I Wore': Better Than a Therapist's Couch] Reference
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