How to Use roughage in a Sentence

roughage

noun

• What if the very same roughage that sustains the sheep also helps the goats?
  — Daniel Engber, The Atlantic, 10 Feb. 2022
• In the age of Trump, data and evidence are just some unwanted roughage down at the end of the buffet.
  — Jonathan Mahler, New York Times, 27 Dec. 2016
• The green chop, which comes from about 5 percent of the acreage, is turned into roughage for livestock, according to Rose.
  — David Anderson, The Aegis, 15 Aug. 2017
• But some of those people should probably put some roughage in their diet.
  — Jim Gaffigan, CBS News, 22 Mar. 2020
• The revelation that artists are tricky to live with hardly seems sufficient roughage for a whole book.
  — Kathryn Hughes, New York Times, 10 Mar. 2020
• Eating a high-fiber diet is also tied to lower colon cancer rates, and soy foods like edamame and tempeh both have plenty of roughage.
  — Marygrace Taylor, Good Housekeeping, 17 May 2021
• And that’s not all: Because the grain-fed animals eat less roughage, their microbes also produce less methane each day.
  — Bob Holmes, Smithsonian Magazine, 23 Aug. 2022
• Eating a high-fiber diet is also tied to lower colon cancer rates, and soyfoods like edamame and tempeh both have plenty of roughage.
  — Marygrace Taylor, Good Housekeeping, 17 May 2017
• DAY 1 Two bags of bottles and roughage (plant material that's indigestible and acts as fiber) are delivered to my desk.
  — Taylore Glynn, Marie Claire, 7 Mar. 2017
• Our soup includes a pound of your favorite fully cooked sausage for a big, bold flavor fortified with tons of fibrous roughage from slivered kale or collard greens.
  — Paul Stephen, ExpressNews.com, 15 Apr. 2020
• Its excess roughage prevented me from getting to the addictive chewy bits of sugary Chinese mustard condiment candy at the bottom of the plate.
  — Michael Nagrant, RedEye Chicago, 12 May 2017
• Those desiring a little roughage can choose from a variety of salads, including a kale Caesar ($9) and a My Boy Blue steak salad ($11).
  — James Patrick Kelly, idahostatesman, 8 June 2017
• Years ago, doctors worried that small bits of roughage in a person's diet could block and irritate the little sacs that can form along the wall of the colon, leading to diverticulitis.
  — Karen Pallarito, Health.com, 4 Nov. 2021
• The skins of fruits, beans, potatoes, whole grains, and whole-grain cereal products are all roughage and contain insoluble fiber, according to WebMD.
  — Jo Yurcaba, Woman's Day, 3 June 2019
• Meanwhile, an attentive server delivers beaucoup orders of beers and vodka and tequila and lemon drops (that’s TT’s drink) and poke bowls and burgers and even a little roughage.
  — New York Times, 23 Sep. 2021
• Their four chamber stomachs, which categorize them as a ruminant, like cattle, enable them to digest the roughage.
  — Camille Sauers, Chron, 30 Sep. 2021
• Conversely, some people with slower gut transit may find that diets very high in roughage leave them feeling totally backed up, able only to pass hard, dried out stools that come out in incomplete pebbles.
  — SELF, 30 Nov. 2018
• Adding too many fiber-heavy chia to your diet at once can potentially set you up for uncomfortable symptoms like gas, bloating, or cramping—especially if you're not used to getting that amount of roughage, per the Mayo Clinic.
  — Marygrace Taylor, SELF, 30 Apr. 2022
• Ingest, digest, hope to produce something substantive; move through a deceptively long winding tract; consume requisite roughage; adopt a passable consistency; strive for a sense of completion.
  — Cara Schacter, New York Times, 2 Oct. 2022

Last Updated: 24 Jul 2024