But eventually he comes to see that she is very different from his dead wife and far coarser.

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Grits are made with an even coarser grind (again, think Kosher salt).

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Ovid and Martial, among others, always taught that the Romans, even if coarser than the Greeks, knew a lot about the Ars amatoria.

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Although public language has gotten coarser over time, many people in networks' audiences, including children, still bristle at hearing obscenities, said CBS and ESPN's Bill Raftery.

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Even if a four-ply Scottish sweater feels slightly coarser on the shelf than its French or Italian counterpart, the argument goes, it lasts for decades, arriving at cozy perfection around the time those fancy continental sweaters might start to pill.

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