roughened in a sentence

Examples

1. Hartsfield said the chafed wiring was close to a screw head that was " roughened ."
2. An eye infection has roughened the satiny smooth tones and congestion has turned the hallmark clarity to mud.
3. Wong, 45, is a small, wiry man who speaks in a tobacco-roughened growl.
4. For the best weld, surfaces should be roughened ( or scratched ) with fine or coarse sandpaper.
5. One of the sides of the brick was roughened to trap the bonding slurry thus limiting lateral movement.
6. Mouthpieces may be smooth, wire-wrapped or otherwise roughened, or of twisted wire or metal.
7. In an electrochemical process the anode material is etched ( roughened ) to increase the effective electrode surface.
8. Once in a while, she roughened up that instrument ever so slightly, abandoning her patented comforting tone.
9. In " To Touch " ( 1993 ), a roughened wooden table is surrounded by speakers.
10. The skin is thick and roughened by well-calcified dermal denticles; each denticle is triangular and pointed.