ragtag

Example Sentences

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They entered the global stage as Yemen descended into civil war more than a decade ago when the ragtag militia fighters stormed Sanaa and ousted the government from most population centres.

From Barron's • Mar. 16, 2026

“Since then, I have to tell you that I sleep more peacefully,” Alcalá, who once tried to lead his own ragtag coup against Maduro, said in a telephone interview from his medium-security facility in Maryland.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 25, 2026

Made on a modest budget, the film follows a ragtag group of final-year students at Delhi's School of Planning and Architecture as they drift, stall and inch toward graduation.

From BBC • Feb. 13, 2026

“The stuff that I’ve been seeing in the videos,” Kerlikowske said, “has been just ragtag, random.”

From Salon • Jan. 14, 2026

As his father stared off into the Shanghai harbor — at the true ships in the distance, the ragtag boats by the shore — she slid a wristwatch into Yifeng’s hand.

From "Typical American" by Gish Jen