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- verb Third-person singular simple present indicative form of
coarsen .
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Examples
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The resulting numbskull name-calling coarsens a squalid exchange of "talking points" that now passes for "debate."
CounterPunch 2008
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Aren't conservative Christians among the first to insist that there should be less profanity and sex in the media because its presence "coarsens" American culture?
Archive 2009-06-07 SeattleTammy 2009
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In 1928, the executive board of the Cleveland Boy Scouts recommended that scouts use their influence to discourage women from smoking, saying it "coarsens" women and "detracts from the ideal of fine motherhood."
When Worse Than 2008
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A lot of times I'll have long delays going so the tremolo bridge kind of coarsens everything out, and thickens up the sound a lot.
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Aren't conservative Christians among the first to insist that there should be less profanity and sex in the media because its presence "coarsens" American culture?
Jesus' General 2009
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What I do know is both the president and I should object to behavior that coarsens the debate.
O: A Presidential Novel Anonymous 2011
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What I do know is both the president and I should object to behavior that coarsens the debate.
O: A Presidential Novel Anonymous 2011
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What I do know is both the president and I should object to behavior that coarsens the debate.
O: A Presidential Novel Anonymous 2011
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What I do know is both the president and I should object to behavior that coarsens the debate.
O: A Presidential Novel Anonymous 2011
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“It coarsens our culture and, at its worst, it can send signals to the most extreme elements of our society that perhaps violence is a justifiable response.”
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