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
• Their leaves can be cup-shaped, star-shaped, and smooth or jagged.
  — Claire Harmeyer, Better Homes & Gardens, 7 Aug. 2020
• 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 door to one of the bathrooms bears a jagged hole, through which the man shows his anxious face.
  — Anthony Lane, The New Yorker, 8 Nov. 2019
• 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
• An odd mist pours over the jagged teeth of the low mountaintops that surround them.
  — Lydia Kiesling, The New Yorker, 5 Oct. 2020
• From the rolling hills of the prairie lands protrude jagged spires that quickly expand to the horizon.
  — Scott Bay, Travel + Leisure, 7 Sep. 2020
• 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
• She had been beaten so savagely with a golf club belonging to a set in the Skakel house that the club snapped and the killer used a jagged piece to stab her through the neck.
  — Staff Report, Hartford Courant, 26 Dec. 2024
• Early on, passersby traversed the jagged rock wall between the sidewalk and the vessel to get photos and a closer look.
  — Claire Reid, Journal Sentinel, 20 Dec. 2024

Last Updated: 16 Jan 2025