How to Use rough edges in a Sentence

rough edges

plural noun
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  • Think of it like sanding away (most of) the game’s rough edges.
    — Antonio G. Di Benedetto, The Verge, 8 May 2023
  • While the Surface Pro 11 has rough edges, there are promising signs these will be buffed out over the next year.
    — Ewan Spence, Forbes, 5 Sep. 2024
  • But nostalgia, as the saying goes, files rough edges off the good old days.
    — Danyel Smith, Essence, 16 Oct. 2024
  • When dogs walk on the salt, the sharp, rough edges of the salt crystals can irritate the sensitive skin on their paws.
    — Discover Magazine, 1 Feb. 2024
  • Even so, Kircher plays him with a guilelessness that softens his rough edges.
    — David Rooney, The Hollywood Reporter, 3 Sep. 2019
  • A lot of rough edges have been sanded off, leaving a putty nose behind.
    — Daniel Fienberg, The Hollywood Reporter, 17 Jan. 2024
  • There are undoubtedly some rough edges, but Veilguard is a grand return to form that’s one of the year’s best.
    — Hayes Madsen, Rolling Stone, 28 Oct. 2024
  • It’s still got some rough edges that might turn casual players away.
    — Britton Peele, Dallas News, 6 July 2023
  • This is certainly possible, but there are some rough edges that need to be ironed out first.
    — Rashi Shrivastava, Forbes, 17 Sep. 2024
  • If Fincher had left some rough edges, there might actually have been something to give the plot grit and traction.
    — Michael O'Sullivan, Washington Post, 25 Oct. 2023
  • Wake said that despite some rough edges this year as the new map takes hold, the ultimate outcome will pay benefits for many years.
    — Laura Vozzella, Washington Post, 17 June 2023
  • Don't worry about rough edges around the hole; the outlet cover or switch plate will hide most imperfections.
    — Jessica Bennett, Better Homes & Gardens, 29 Nov. 2023
  • Boss Fredo and media carpenters were not going to sand off his rough edges.
    — Nick Canepa, San Diego Union-Tribune, 18 May 2024
  • Keep your wits about you and realize that generative AI does have rough edges.
    — Lance Eliot, Forbes, 21 Apr. 2023
  • This pre-season is viewed as a fresh start for him at Liverpool, with new head coach Arne Slot committed to ironing out those rough edges in his game.
    — James Pearce, The Athletic, 5 July 2024
  • What Walz did do tonight is lock in from the jump as the Midwestern everyman and smoothed off his own crowd-pleasing rough edges at the cost of being on defense more than offense.
    — Ted Johnson, Deadline, 1 Oct. 2024
  • The next show that Brunson hopes to make is about a teen-age girl coming of age—something for a Y.A. audience, and funny, but with reality’s rough edges.
    — Molly Fischer, The New Yorker, 18 Mar. 2024
  • The performance has some rough edges and afterward, Donnie erupts at his brother backstage.
    — Melissa Ruggieri, USA TODAY, 11 Aug. 2023
  • The film sands off the original movie’s rough edges, leaving something akin to chicken noodle soup for the hopelessly romantic soul.
    — Chris Snellgrove, EW.com, 6 Jan. 2024
  • It can be converted to lactic acid through the process known as malolactic fermentation, which adds a creamy texture to wine and softens the acid’s rough edges.
    — Mike Desimone and Jeff Jenssen, Robb Report, 1 Aug. 2023
  • His voice here has body, its rough edges cannily elided, his phrasing constantly finding new angles on lyrics that may once have seemed nailed in place.
    — Michaelangelo Matos, Rolling Stone, 1 June 2023
  • Powertrain noise, some dynamic rough edges, pointless third-row seat.
    — Joe Lorio, Car and Driver, 6 June 2023
  • However, effective agencies need to know about shortcomings to paint a compelling story that smooths out rough edges.
    — Aimee Meester, Forbes, 9 Mar. 2023
  • Builds can be low stability with rough edges and designed for enthusiasts.
    — Tom Warren, The Verge, 6 Mar. 2023
  • Some parts are sanded or polished or neatly stitched, but plenty more bear pencil markings, rough edges, exposed hardware, falling-out stuffing and plain old dirt, as if they’ve just been plucked out of a dumpster.
    — Lori Waxman, Chicago Tribune, 29 Apr. 2023
  • But some of those rough edges Stewart called out remain; the state is also ground zero for election denialism and conspiracy theories.
    — Bill Goodykoontz, The Arizona Republic, 4 Nov. 2024
  • Some rough edges in the third movement aside, that section was richly blended and sonorous on Thursday — especially its saturnine choir of Wagner tubas, led nobly by Daniel Gingrich.
    — Hannah Edgar, Chicago Tribune, 31 May 2024
  • Most documentaries about legendary stars would sand off its subject’s rough edges and try to present the most hagiography-friendly version imaginable.
    — David Fear, Rolling Stone, 13 July 2024
  • There is a dreary sameness to so much of modern culture, rough edges smoothed into comfortable averages by the power of market research and algorithms.
    — Cheri Lucas Rowlands, Longreads, 11 Oct. 2024
  • Image: Evan Blass / Lenovo Refinement, that endless process of tweaking and smoothing down rough edges to make existing smartphone designs better, is never a bad thing.
    — Jon Porter, The Verge, 24 Feb. 2024

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