How to Use rough edges in a Sentence

rough edges

plural noun

• Think of it like sanding away (most of) the game’s rough edges.
  — Antonio G. Di Benedetto, The Verge, 8 May 2023
• 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
• A lot of rough edges have been sanded off, leaving a putty nose behind.
  — Daniel Fienberg, The Hollywood Reporter, 17 Jan. 2024
• It’s still got some rough edges that might turn casual players away.
  — Britton Peele, Dallas News, 6 July 2023
• 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
• 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
• 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
• 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
• Every manager typically reviews work and polishes off some rough edges before sending it further up the chain.
  — Todd Spangler, Variety, 14 Mar. 2023
• Our character has some rough edges, as extraordinary people often do.
  — Julia Cox, Los Angeles Times, 20 Dec. 2023
• The text is as authentic and candid as the photos, and any grammatical imperfections are—in a world of antiseptic AI-cloned verbiage—a welcome respite, and a reminder that documenting history is a human endeavor, rough edges and all.
  — Robert Ross, Robb Report, 28 June 2023
• Leadership coaches are often hired to work with individuals or teams to help polish rough edges, support transitions into new roles or provide insight as a thinking partner with no hidden agenda.
  — Janine Schindler, Forbes, 14 Feb. 2024
• But the device's performance, and especially the relative immaturity of the Linux Arm software ecosystem, meant that there were lots of incompatibilities and rough edges.
  — Andrew Cunningham, Ars Technica, 1 Apr. 2024
• The social world, which is embedded in the natural environment, is messy and disorderly, and so imposing order through classification and measurement requires shaving off or tucking in many rough edges.
  — Diane Coyle, Foreign Affairs, 14 Dec. 2021

Last Updated: 10 Nov 2024