Sentence examples for Rough from inspiring English sources

One way or another the major UK parties have been pretty rough in their election campaign efforts to neutralise or exploit the likely consequences on Westminster of an SNP-dominated contingent from Scotland.

With the press threatening to cut up rough, Alastair Campbell staged a reconciliation between them for the cameras.

He knew this in the rough and tumble of hurling, the world's fastest sport played on grass.

The Hockey budget will probably receive similarly rough handling.

Hebridean sheep graze freely on the Machrihanish Dunes course, serving as natural lawnmowers, and the rough is studded with purple pyramid, frog and marsh orchids.

He is a rude, rough beast who channels work of dizzying beauty.

Since Friday lunchtime, when the Guardian broke the story that Sierra Leone's top 100-metre sprinter was sleeping rough and going hungry, thousands from all over the world have responded to his plight.

It is widely acknowledged that the pro-euro government will receive a rough ride from the nation's press during a referendum campaign, which is expected to be held over the next two years.

As Congress moves toward a possible shutdown of the Department of Homeland Security, in protest at Barack Obama's executive action on immigration, the co-author of a Senate bill that shared many of the president's objectives was always going to have a rough ride at the Conservative Political Action Conference CPACConservative Political Action Conference CPAC

You'll need to stay with younger children and keep a keen eye on older ones – the waves here are rough – but it's a great spot to while away a couple of hours with a bucket and a net.

Daniels is speaking to the European press ("The Guardian's rough. It's rough, baby! It's like the [New York] Times on steroids. Careful!" ) alongside Taraji P Henson, who has grabbed the role of Cookie and made her the most quoted character on American telly.