rough-textured

• “The sisal flooring was deliciously rough-textured beneath our feet.”

  Sunlight through windows

• “Spain, 2003" is a small, begonia-like potted plant shot from overhead on a rough-textured surface further complicated by crisscrossing, but indeterminate, shadows.”

  The Wall Street Journal: Elegance in the Ordinary

• “He said engineers hope to improve on their initial performance by preceding a mud injection with a blast of rubber balls and other rough-textured materials -- a "junk shot" -- to clog the blowout preventer and force more mud down into the hole, rather than shooting it out of the leaks in the riser.”

  The Washington Post: Estimates of oil leak gush past twice the previous levels; drill permits yanked

• “He said engineers hoped to improve on their initial performance by preceding a mud injection with a blast of rubber balls and other rough-textured materials -- the "junk shot" -- to clog the blowout preventer and force more mud down into the hole, rather than shooting it out of the leaks in the riser.”

  The Washington Post: Obama heads to Gulf Coast a second time as oil spill's impact grows

• “Though rough-textured and unfinished, it was an immense improvement over the crinkly foil he and Squill had spellsung up.”

  Fictionaut: The Lives of Felix Gunderson

• “This particular paper, which I found last month, is rough-textured, heavy paper, black on one side and a rich blood red on the other.”

  Archive 2009-04-01

• “We linger in the roomy showrooms and outdoor drying facilities -- admiring the earth-toned, rough-textured vases that seem more sophisticated and artistic than the brightly painted souvenirs at the small shops.”

  The Wall Street Journal: Jakarta

• “Atom Bomb perfume pressed glass dishes for nineteen, twenty-nine or thirty-nine cents, depending on the size and once, a rough-textured green pitcher, pretty green glass and holding two quarts.”

  The Gift « First 50 Words – Writing Prompts

• “Lyle wondered if she was contemplating how the rough-textured sponge would feel rubbing against her hardened nubbins just as he had fantasized it scraping against his penis.”

  Sexy Beast IV

• “The velvety soft lather spread by the rough-textured pores of the sea sponge set his loins on fire, wrenching another moan from his lips.”

  Sexy Beast IV

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