coarse - use in sentences

Infinitive complement

  • fine: Purification should therefore be carried out in steps, from coarse to fine.

Modifying Another Word

  • somewhat: About the same size as the preceding species, the leaves have a somewhat coarser flavor but make a very acceptable cooked vegetable.

Modifies a noun

  • angling: Carlisle & District Coarse Angling Club Covering coarse angling in the Cumbria area.
  • angler: The senior coarse anglers fished a match on Sunday at the Lily Pools in Ledbury.
  • fishing: Coarse fishing is now some of the finest in England.
  • grit: The rest of the pot is then filled with coarse grit.
  • sediment: By contrast, the annual yield of coarse sediment is considered to be less than 500m 3.
  • ware: It may be that poorer people could only afford to buy the coarse wares.

Modifying Another Word

  • relatively: This all seemed to fit with what was already known, albeit using maps with a relatively coarse Most to Least marking.
  • fairly: Use a fairly coarse abrasive pad in new or good condition.
  • rather: Miroku Indeed, both of them are rather coarse, aren't they.
  • too: For many applications, however, the constraint they provide is too coarse.

Used with adjective complement

  • become: The grasses were also becoming quite coarse with a loss of small flowering plants.
  • have: On the right you will pass a number of young Silver Fir which have coarse, flattened needles set in two ranks.
  • use: In 1800 a West Linton weaver, Alexander Alexander, set up a water-powered woolen mill in the village, using coarse Tweeddale wool.
  • contain: Pink and white pegmatite typically occurs in veins and contains coarse grained quartz and feldspar.
  • include: Over the years he has broadened his techniques to incorporate all kinds of fishing including coarse, sea and game.

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