jag

Example Sentences

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What Cronenberg has done instead is to concoct a hallucinatory jag about the tortuous process Burroughs went through in creating “Naked Lunch.”

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 27, 2023

For a moment, I wondered whether there might be some new subtlety in nuclear-deterrence strategy, or some strange jag in Russian military thinking, that might rebut my conclusion.

From Slate • Mar. 27, 2023

Could we interrupt this hideous jag we’re on?

From Seattle Times • Jan. 25, 2023

The public health expert urged those eligible to get a flu jag and asked people to ensure they are up to date with Covid booster vaccines.

From BBC • Sep. 25, 2022

This was going to be the start of a real crying jag, I had the feeling, for a girl whose only hopes for the year were a sweet-sixteen party and a pink mohair twin set.

From "The Poisonwood Bible" by Barbara Kingsolver