raggedy

Example Sentences

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"Now you come here to ask me favors. But what were you but a raggedy, bare-bottomed little boy like all the rest once upon a time, crying for your mama when Sheba passed by?"

From Literature

“And I don’t need to steal candy bars from this raggedy store when I have money of my own.”

From Literature

It’s important to note that long before the tick-tock and chiming of clocks, our ancestors — you know, that raggedy bunch dressed in animal fur — had to adapt to seasonal changes in daylight.

From Los Angeles Times

The “Cry Me a River” video captures the L.A. rapper flopping around in a raggedy tent adjoining a rail yard.

From Los Angeles Times

It started with “two shacks on this property. Two raggedy shacks. And look at where we are now,” she said.

From Los Angeles Times