ragged

Example Sentences

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Facing obstacles – be they ragged clothes that triggered childhood bullying or high school classmates who ridiculed her for favoring country music over The Beatles – became a way of life for Dolly.

From Salon • Jan. 19, 2026

She added a thick black-and-white band above the ragged stitches and finished the blond rim with the traditional contrasting ticking.

From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 8, 2026

There were times when the bowling was ragged and part-time off-spinner Will Jacks struggled to contain.

From BBC • Dec. 17, 2025

But the general also begged his ragged, exhausted troops—the 2,400 or so left who could still carry muskets—to follow him one more time and recross the river to strike the enemy encampment at Trenton.

From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 21, 2025

My breath was coming in ragged gasps, and I could barely hear the knocking engine of Papá’s old car for the pulse pounding against my eardrums.

From "Summer of the Mariposas" by Guadalupe García McCall