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ragged
adjective as in worn-out; in shreds
Strong matches
Example Sentences
But one of them has run a ragged, undisciplined and often listless campaign, increasingly focused on blatantly false claims and hateful invective, and without the slightest pretense of “moderation” or unifying rhetoric.
In “Two Things,” she finds the ragged edge of her honeyed voice to put across the exasperation involved in a love-hate relationship; in “We Broke Up,” she realizes that closure is available only to those who are ready for it: “I could take a deep dive in the details / I could hide, I could cry till I throw up / Take a stroll, camera roll, old emails / But it’s as simple as, ‘We broke up.’”
They left and returned to the hillside in a slow ragged line.
But it has also generated a ragged trail of misinformation that officials are still trying to combat.
So professional across their marathon stint in the field, the tourists became ragged at the end, with Jamie Smith missing a simple stumping and Gus Atkinson a similarly easy catch off number 11 Abrar Ahmed.
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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
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