Sentence examples for a less refined from inspiring English sources

In a less refined car, you probably wouldn't notice.

Also, diesel fuel — a less refined petroleum fuel similar to kerosene — has a higher energy density than gasoline.

The Spread HD is considered a more advanced version of Penn State's 2005 offense, which had a less refined passing dimension.

Kim Carson seems a less refined actor than Mr. Bedford, and she chiefly portrays Miranda's shifting emotions with a wide variety of smiles ranging from eager to uneasy.

The latter usually requires a less refined mesh and integrating both fields on a single grid tailored to the most demanding variable produces an unnecessary computational overhead.

A less refined sort might phrase it this way: Over several days, New York cops have arrested, punched, whacked, shoved to the ground and tossed a barrier at reporters and photographers.

A less-refined strategy relying only on the crowdsourced bracket would be to pick upsets on games where there is more disagreement.

Indeed, for most American drivers, oil-based diesel fuel — a less-refined distillate of petroleum than gasoline — has historically been most closely associated with soot-billowing buses and trucks, environmentally unfriendly farm machinery or, perhaps most indelibly, a spate of low-quality, American-made diesel passenger cars in the late 1970s and early 1980s famous for being noisy and unreliable.

We use fabrics that are a little less refined, while still luxurious.

Distilled in pot stills or columnar stills, which produce a somewhat less refined spirit, the whiskey is then blended.

A smidge less refined, Rouge Dior in Vogue (£26.50, dior.com) goes on creamy and delivers a vivid kick of hot pink.