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

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

A ragtag online group, the “Grave Marker Recovery Team,” hunts down gravestones that have been stolen, typically to sell at antique shows as accents for upscale decorating.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 14, 2026

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

From Salon • Jan. 14, 2026

And this ragtag group was about to battle the most powerful army in the world.

From I Survived the American Revolution, 1776 by Lauren Tarshis