Only at that point was there any roughening of the dead black surface.

The end result is reduced lichenification (the roughening of skin from repeated scratching).

Most problems are caused by dirt and by the roughening of sliding parts due to corrosion.

Many solid shells show a slight roughening of the surface, but this is quite different from the ribbed sculpture mentioned above.

And furthermore, 'Should the disordering of rhythm become a convention, it would be ineffective as a device for the roughening of language'(1965a: 24).

The plating chemistry can be controlled to prevent the roughening of the polycarbonate portions of the component.

Smith underwent a magnetic resonance imaging test Monday that revealed no ligament damage, but some roughening of and damage to the cartilage underneath the kneecap.

They could not see themselves at thirty, could not imagine the roughening of their skin of the lines that bar life would etch into their faces.

Ryshad's hands were gentle on my face as I relished in my turn the feel of bristles roughening his strong jaw and the smoother skin around his hairline.

She glanced down in surprise at her own feet, and I observed the slight roughening of the side of the sole caused by the friction of the edge of the pedal.

Signs of the condition include corneal abrasion or localized roughening of the corneal epithelium, sometimes with map-like lines, epithelial dots or microcyts, or fingerprint patterns.

Sputter cleaning has some potential problems such as overheating, gas incorporation in the surface region, bombardment (radiation) damage in the surface region, and the roughening of the surface, particularly if over done.

He reached the far end with throat burned dry and heart laboring; there he plunged downhill regardless of the sudden roughening of his path as he left the tunnel and hit the maintenance track.

Kit shook it, detecting in the process a slight roughening of callus along the pad of his index finger, suggesting long hours of practice on a firing range, using a trigger with grooves cut into it.

All eight men and the woman were busy sailing the boat through roughening waters and a potential storm, judging by the look of the sky; we'd made certain before taking up our present positions no one was close enough to hear.

Although she is just 32, with skin like eggshell and a waterfall of ice-blond hair, Antonina Babosiuk recently found herself noticing certain changes: a roughening of the skin on her face, for instance, and a waning of her ability to shake off jet lag.

Several techniques are known for the patterning of hydrophobic surfaces through the use of moulded polymers and waxes, by physical processing methods such as ion etching and compression of polymer beads, and by chemical methods such as plasma-chemical roughening, which can all result in ultra-hydrophobic coatings.

The outcome can be a growing roughening and creation of protrusions (i.e., lumps) above the original surface, in industrial manufacturing referred to as galling, which eventually breaches the oxidized surface layer and connects to the underlying bulk material which enhance the possibility for a stronger adhesion and plastic flow around the lump.

Then he asked the room, in a voice roughened from sleep, what time it was.

Remember, we do not want to allow the surface to be come roughened.

His voice began to roughen once more, growing tighter by the second.

His voice roughened as he said, "Who did this to you?"

There was no hot food when the seas roughened up.

And the long months of hard work at Tara had roughened her hands until they were far from pretty.

He turned blazing eyes on her and his voice suddenly roughened.

One would not wish even a common slave to cut her feet or roughen them.

The difficulty of what he had to say roughened his tone.

His very hair seemed to sparkle as he roughened it.

Here was roughened stone that offered firm hold for hands and feet.

The water roughened, for the lake was swept by wind.

If you roughen up the wood a bit, the paint will cover it better.

She said a few things out loud, roughening her voice until it sounded true.

As the trees thickened, the ground roughened, he followed the water.

When she continued, her voice was roughened slightly and lower, but steady as it had been before.

"What a day's work," he said in a voice roughened by exhaustion.

The surface had been carefully roughened to keep it from shining.

His face, roughened by exposure to sun and wind, was plain.

Then, moving down, he began to roughen the tight skin on the backs of his hands.

He roughened his language: "Get off my back, will you?

It was made of local limestone, not marble, and roughened by weather.

A strange tenderness had entered his voice, and roughened it.

She felt her skin roughening, and forced blood into the capillaries.

"You're a morning person, then," he said, his voice roughening with arousal.