become ragged

Example Sentences

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Federer on Tuesday stopped short of criticizing Verdasco — acknowledging that nerves can become ragged in competition — but he did stress the need to respect ball kids.

From Reuters • Oct. 9, 2018

The grass had become ragged and sere and unkempt.

From Kilmeny of the Orchard by Montgomery, L. M. (Lucy Maud)

This margin is naturally adherent to the surface of the nail, and has a tendency to grow forward with it and become ragged and attenuated.

From Social Life or, The Manners and Customs of Polite Society by Cooke, Maud C.

It wouldn’t take very long in there for it to become ragged and go to pieces.

From The Dragon's Secret by Relyea, C. M. (Charles Mark)

Then after a while longer, when it has become ragged and worn, it gets loose in the skin and drops out—as I am sorry to say some of my hair is doing already.

From Citizen Bird Scenes from Bird-Life in Plain English for Beginners by Fuertes, Louis Agassiz