shagginess

Example Sentences

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The rules of baseball, of course, defy time, and “Eephus” embraces shagginess as a virtue, almost to a fault.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 14, 2025

Seeing the work of her architect Pierpaolo Martiradonna and his team, what struck Leigh was the rich fullness: the shagginess of the thatch, the forest effect of the wood poles.

From New York Times • Apr. 14, 2022

The editorial team did an amazing job of cobbling together a take that includes that kind of shagginess, where he sort of interrupts himself, and sounds really specific, but also has clarity.

From Slate • Jun. 28, 2021

While the Sanders and Trump campaigns shared a certain shagginess, a Warren event is a clockwork operation.

From The New Yorker • Jan. 10, 2019

Then he swore softly, and set to work helping the Mistress in the task of fluffing Lad's glossy coat to a final soft shagginess.

From Lad: A Dog by Terhune, Albert Payson