That's rough

Grammar usage guide and real-world examples

The DVD includes Lomax's silent color footage of Serbian, Finnish, Croatian, and French-Canadian singers, as well as the Wisconsin Lumberjacks, painstakingly synched to some of each group's recordings, creating a film that's rough but enchanting; believe me, the rarity of any kind of color ethnographic film from the 1930s makes up for any imperfections.

In a paper that's rough, it's still useful to talk about what's done well: authors can use that info to know where they're on the right track, plus it is good for morale to not just get a steady dose of criticism.

25-foot height that's rough on the office furniture?

Here, I use a super-rustic pesto, with crunchy bits of pine nuts in a sauce that's rough, flavorful and lovable, just like the pasta.

But the rest of the year, it's a four-mile trek from the landing to Duck Harbor, on a dirt road that's rough in spots.

(Chinen) ★ JAMES CARTER SEPTET (Wednesday and Thursday) Leading a group nearly identical to the one on his superb new album, "Present Tense" (Emarcy/Universal), the irrepressible saxophonist James Carter summons a spirit of jazz historicism that's rough around the edges but also profoundly earnest.

"Whether it's contemporary or folk, but something that's rougher around the edges, usually".

"I'm not getting in deep water that is rough — that's crazy," she said.

The cap surface is covered with densely matted filaments that are rough and scale-like.

Sand any part of it that is rough.

Now you have a strap that is rough on one side, fuzzy on the other.