How to Use jagged in a Sentence

jagged

adjective
  • The top edge of the wall that once held it up was jagged and blackened.
    Gustavo Arellano, Los Angeles Times, 15 Nov. 2023
  • The ice is as soft as the powder skiers dream of, with no jagged edges.
    Ligaya Mishan Esther Choi, New York Times, 22 Aug. 2023
  • The sun coming in through the window at the back projects jagged bands of light across the bearskin.
    Annie Ernaux, The New Yorker, 19 Aug. 2024
  • The scenery changes from city, rolling hills, jagged mountains...
    Cnt Editors, Condé Nast Traveler, 13 Oct. 2022
  • It’s shaped like an evil tulip with jagged teeth on the outside.
    Lauren Joseph, WSJ, 14 Oct. 2022
  • Long and narrow, 17 miles, give or take, the ice snakes through jagged peaks on the way to the glacier toe.
    John Schandelmeier, Anchorage Daily News, 2 Apr. 2022
  • The old stone houses seem to spill off the jagged cliffs jutting out the top of the mountain.
    Jo Piazza, Peoplemag, 31 Mar. 2024
  • She was seen on jagged rocks close to the sea in an area of the island where bears are known to roam.
    Marina Pitofsky, USA TODAY, 22 Sep. 2021
  • Barrero took a jagged route to the ball, mistimed his slide and saw the ball roll right by him.
    Charlie Goldsmith, The Enquirer, 23 Apr. 2023
  • The crowd is mostly silent, except for the jagged cries some cannot, do not, still.
    Lydia Strohl, CNN, 13 Aug. 2022
  • In our tests, this model produced jagged pieces of ice that were the same size and easy to crunch.
    Eva Bleyer, goodhousekeeping.com, 15 Apr. 2023
  • The trail will lead you to an exposed, at times jagged, cliffside.
    Jaclyn Cosgrove, Los Angeles Times, 19 Sep. 2024
  • The jagged peaks and turquoise waters give the island a screensaver vibe.
    Alesandra Dubin, Woman's Day, 19 May 2022
  • The team pried it away, protecting the animal from the jagged edges, and the bear was free.
    Olivia Lloyd, Miami Herald, 5 June 2024
  • The first iteration looked like a jagged piece of tape above the smile.
    Caitlin O'Kane, CBS News, 3 Mar. 2021
  • For the teeth: My go-to is slivered almonds, the more jagged and mismatched the better.
    Michelle Stark, Arkansas Online, 26 Oct. 2022
  • The goats lounged in a mini-meadow formed in an alcove near the jagged peaks.
    Web Behrens, chicagotribune.com, 9 Sep. 2021
  • Go ahead and use your hands to tear the vegetables; the edges should look jagged and rustic.
    Kitty Greenwald, WSJ, 3 Aug. 2021
  • This is the right moment to jump off the cliff and hope to land on a pile of soft foam blocks instead of a row of jagged rocks.
    Helene Elliott, Los Angeles Times, 27 Feb. 2024
  • On the first day back to work, Jan. 3, the S&P 500 closed at an all-time high—and has traveled along a jagged downward path since.
    Geoff Colvin, Fortune, 27 May 2022
  • Your job is to shape the wound by removing loose and jagged portions.
    Tom MacCubbin, Orlando Sentinel, 24 Sep. 2022
  • The water here is known as the Northern Arm, a jagged inlet off the Atlantic Ocean.
    Walter Nicklin, Washington Post, 13 Aug. 2022
  • The lighter parts were a lot lighter than usual, the jagged mountains darker.
    The Economist, 8 May 2021
  • The rest of us will relish its dark energy and brute force, along with the jagged rhythms of its prose.
    Gabriel Krauze, Star Tribune, 2 July 2021
  • To their left was a jagged, rocky outcrop which would bring us within 200 yards of them.
    Jack O'Connor, Outdoor Life, 2 May 2024
  • Our whole lives felt jagged, slippery, but my shoes, two legs, two feet, one foot then the next did not.
    Time, 26 Oct. 2022
  • Her left femur snapped at such a sharp angle that the jagged bone ripped through her skin.
    Ariane Lange, Sacramento Bee, 1 July 2024
  • While the honing steel realigns those jagged edges, the results may not last very long.
    Marissa Wu, Southern Living, 26 June 2023
  • First ladies, by the cursed nature of the role, are supposed to humanize and soften the jagged, ugly edge of power.
    Sophie Gilbert, The Atlantic, 10 Oct. 2024
  • There are always twists, turns, and jagged edges on the road to happily ever after.
    Dana Feldman, Forbes, 18 Sep. 2024

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