George Hill

I never thought I'd be anything, coming from a rough neighborhood. So my character was built on the street. I had to know how to carry myself; I had to act like I was older than I was.

American Athlete

Haley Joel Osment

People hear the examples of kids who work when they're young, have bad experiences, and then have a rough life after that, but a lot of it is just about the people around you.

American Actor

Eric Nam

I look like a 'Sesame Street' character in real life when I wake up. But not like the cute ones, like kind of like the ones that look a little rough around the edges.

American Musician

Victor Hugo

The brutalities of progress are called revolutions. When they are over we realize this: that the human race has been roughly handled, but that it has advanced.

French Author

Ghostface Killah

All this could go tomorrow, and I would still know how to function, because I never had nothing before. I went through the struggle - it was a rough life.

Gail Sheehy

In rough times, pathfinders rely on work, friends, humor and prayer. They develop a support network.

American Writer

Shirley Knight

My acting career helped pull me through the rough times.

American Actress

George Eliot

Truth has rough flavours if we bite it through.

British Author

Munshi Premchand

Indian Writer

Yoko Ono

American Artist

Use 'rough' to describe an object's uneven or coarse surface that can be felt.

Texture Indication

Consider 'rough' as the opposite of 'smooth'; helpful when comparing surfaces.

Opposite of Smooth

'Rough' can depict a challenging situation that causes discomfort or stress.

Challenging Situations

'Rough' is often used in casual conversation rather than formal writing.

Colloquial Expression

'Rough' implies physical aggression or rough handling in actions.

Aggressive Action

Using 'rough' can suggest a careless or disrespectful approach.

Lack of Care

'Rough' suggests that perfection isn't expected, for instance, in a rough draft.

Imperfection Acceptance

'Rough' can indicate something is an initial attempt and open to changes.

Not Final

'Rough' as an adverb indicates lack of delicacy or refinement in an action.

Without Finesse

When acting 'roughly', it implies using more force or intensity than needed.

Forceful Manner

 and these investments need to be made in the developing world today some problems like congestion need more than just an engineering solution we can't just build our way out of traffic congestion there's something called the fundamental law vehicle of vehicle traffic which says that as vehicle miles built goes up vehicle miles traveled increased roughly

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 beyond our direct control. That makes your heart thump roughly 3 billion times over the course of your life, which supplies the body with blood and oxygen. Autonomic control also contracts and relaxes smooth muscle in a rhythmic cycle. That pumps blood through the smooth internal walls of blood vessels,

How your muscular system...

 Roughly a month and a half after having been laid, the surviving eggs hatch, and the young turtles, each small enough to fit in the palm of your hand, squirm to the surface, emerging from the sand en masse, and making their desperate dash for the sea. Along the way, debris, pitfalls, crabs,

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 roughest ocean in the world and then they come back to hear this kind of blizzard snow-covered mountainous island to breed and you meet them and they're just totally unfazed hello some of these adults might not have set foot on land for five months to see their chicks and

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 membership in a particular social group, or political opinion, and is often related to war and violence. Today, roughly half the world's refugees are children, some of them unaccompanied by an adult, a situation that makes them especially vulnerable to child labor

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 Uh-oh. He's playing a little too roughly, and Shakira screams, alerting her parents to help her. Her dad makes his way towards the ball of rolling fur and her brother stops. Shakira shakes herself and scratches herself to get the hair on her head back in place.

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 roughly five times more than human or cow's milk, to help their young survive the harsh, freezing climate. So how is milk made? In the uniquely mammalian process of lactation, a special class of milk-secreting cells known as mammocytes

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 dogs pack life requires fighting for your share in the rough and tumble of competing mouths this puppy breaks all of the cat's social conventions his wild instincts express themselves despite his unusual family

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 because it's very old. Roughness is part of human life forever and forever, and ancient authors have written about it. It was very much uncontrollable, and in a certain sense,

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 these nests have been marked by the park so they know exactly where they are they know roughly what time of year the eggs were laid yesterday

Rough

Not smooth or even.

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Difficult or unpleasant conditions or experiences.

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To treat roughly or without respect.

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An estimate or plan that is not detailed or exact.

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In a manner that lacks gentleness or finesse.

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Texture Indication

Opposite of Smooth

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