Rough charm

Grammar usage guide and real-world examples

But the work has great spirit and wit, and flaws are key to its rough charm.

His rough charm disguises his astuteness, but his side has a pleasing balance.

The city itself has a rough charm for those who can see beyond the industrial decay.

The narrowness of the chapel -- only short ceiling beams were available -- adds to its rough charm.

Though the rough charm of the Bowery has been somewhat diluted by the addition of an N.Y.U.

What they shared was a rough charm that they used to persuade others to go along with what must often have seemed outlandish schemes.

Softer, relationship-oriented films have been dominating the box office this fall, but young male moviegoers can't seem to resist the rough charms of Arnold Schwarzenegger, recently voted the Star of the Year by the National Assn. of Theater Owners.

Those seeking rougher charms can venture to the Alibi (242 DeKalb Avenue between Clermont Avenue and Vanderbilt Avenue), where there are cheap drinks, a pool table and a crowd that runs equal parts artist and laborer.

Now if Eggsy, played by Taron Egerton, can survive the training course in which he is pitted against a bunch of stuckup, over-entitled Oxbridge ponces (plus the token bit of hottie posh whose snobby froideur melts at our hero's bit-of-rough charms), then he can become a Kingsman.

In any case, the area has its own rough'n'tumble charm and buckets of history and it's hard to beat the location - within easy reach of London Bridge, Southwark, the South Bank, Waterloo and Westminster.

At the same time, the movie's tendency to wander among the family members gives it a rough, easy charm reminiscent of some of Mr. Frears's earlier films, like "My Beautiful Laundrette," "The Snapper" and "The Van".