Sentence examples for used roughly from inspiring English sources

The state used roughly 49,000 tons of rock salt compared with the 200,000 tons used last winter.

But unlike their pampered Caribbean counterparts, the Down East clunkers are treated like vehicular Kleenex: used roughly, then easily replaced.

Only a fraction of that capacity is currently used, roughly 48 warheads per submarine, for a total of 192.

A $1,500 computer used roughly every working day over three years ends up costing about a quarter an hour.

In 2002, New York City used roughly $25 million in housing tax credits to attract $200 million in investments to help build an estimated 2,000 low-income units in 100 housing developments, city officials estimated.

Authorities previously found that MF Global had used roughly $200 million of client funds to replenish an overdrawn account at JPMorgan Chase in London on Oct. 28, the last business day before the firm filed for bankruptcy.

The average woman uses roughly 11,000 tampons in her lifetime.

Americans use roughly twice as as much petroleum per person than their European counterparts.

"Our technology uses roughly a fifth of the power of competing technologies," Mr. Kokinakis said.

The city currently uses roughly 12,000 megawatts at peak consumption times.

The project, known as RiverNet, is to use roughly two dozen instruments in all.