How to Use raggedy in a Sentence
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The teams are still raggedy, the hype has no chance to build.
—Paul Daugherty, The Enquirer, 23 Nov. 2021
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As part of the program, a city crew came by to trim the raggedy old oak tree.
—Richard A. Marini, ExpressNews.com, 9 Sep. 2020
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What’s with those raggedy circles drawn on the wall of each floor?
—Roberta Smith, New York Times, 16 Mar. 2017
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Up and down the Vegas strip, a whole raggedy army of them, marching in flipflops and sun hats.
—Kevin D. Williamson, National Review, 18 July 2019
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That was as raggedy as games get 72 free-throw attempts.
—Andy Larsen, The Salt Lake Tribune, 26 Dec. 2021
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His clothes are raggedy, his body is large and his sweat is torrential.
—Charles McNultytheater Critic, Los Angeles Times, 26 Apr. 2022
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Their early efforts were on the raggedy side of scrappy.
—New York Times, 5 Aug. 2021
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Just save whatever pieces came out whole (and eat the stuck scraps), trim off their raggedy edges and wrap them up to gift.
—Los Angeles Times, 23 Apr. 2020
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Back in the day, Arizona represented the raggedy edge of the frontier.
—Roger Naylor, The Arizona Republic, 17 Mar. 2021
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Ghost town road trip: Back in the day, Arizona represented the raggedy edge of the frontier.
—AZCentral.com, 4 June 2021
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And Chuck Sharp, 69, stands at the entrance to a still-raggedy path his son, Alan, has cut through their seven-acre cornfield.
—Jonathan M. Pitts, Washington Post, 12 Sep. 2017
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There’s no question that a raggedy band of people with guns could fight the government.
—Leah Sottile, Longreads, 15 May 2018
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The dwarf Mime’s workshop is a creepy tea party and puppet theater for raggedy homemade dolls.
—New York Times, 7 Aug. 2022
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Old, raggedy bindings, on the other hand, will break down and leave you with nothing but expletives to keep you warm as night falls.
—Drew Zieff, Outside Online, 18 Oct. 2022
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My plan, however, lives on a piece of raggedy looseleaf paper.
—Patia Braithwaite, SELF, 14 Oct. 2020
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Buy Photo The old fella lives barefoot by the beach, limping down the home stretch of a long life in the raggedy brown coat his parents gave him back in South Dakota.
—Jason Nark, Philly.com, 23 Mar. 2018
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Since Friday night has always been a raggedy time for our family ...
—G. Daniela Galarza, Washington Post, 30 June 2022
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But some workers on the raggedy edge of solvency do compete head-to-head with illegals.
—Kevin D. Williamson, National Review, 23 Apr. 2020
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But these are kicks that will mellow out a tweed suit, or make your raggedy gym clothes look a little more intentional.
—Jake Woolf, GQ, 25 Aug. 2017
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My blowdryer retired in the '90s; my short, raggedy-cuticled nails are rarely painted.
—Erin Flaherty, Marie Claire, 18 Jan. 2013
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At one point Rogers tries to communicate with a distraught Lloyd through his alter-ego, a raggedy puppet known as Daniel Tiger.
—Stephanie Zacharek, Time, 22 Nov. 2019
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Drew was supposed to sing at the wedding but has basically lost her voice, which definitely sounds raggedy AF over the phone.
—Chris Murphy, Vulture, 14 Mar. 2021
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The first half features Kenny's deadened sing-song over a gurgling 808, blinking synths, and raggedy nu-metal guitars.
—Alex Suskind, EW.com, 12 Mar. 2021
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Today, a raggedy blue tarp dangles on the side of the building, while ripped brick red tar paper exposes rotted and faded wooden walls.
—Ernie Suggs, ajc, 16 Nov. 2022
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Bermudagrass can also be started in May with sprigs — fragments of runners that look raggedy at first but develop into a thick green lawn within 90 days.
—Washington Post, 7 July 2021
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The Cowboys' biggest problems are their raggedy defense and a prolific mistake-prone offense.
—Dallas News, 6 Oct. 2020
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Come spring, players tried to dress up a raggedy old diamond in Mount Washington, once the University of Baltimore's home field.
—Mike Klingaman, baltimoresun.com, 27 Apr. 2017
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There was nothing especially raggedy or vague about the poll watchers’ affidavits.
—Benjamin Wallace-Wells, The New Yorker, 31 Dec. 2020
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The Vumms dwell in a jangly, garage-pop rock realm featuring some cool arrangements and catchy, perfectly raggedy vocal harmonies.
—cleveland, 29 Dec. 2022
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Gazing out at the snowfields and glaciers covering the raggedy High Sierra wilderness, Valencia acknowledged that is a tough question to answer.
—Los Angeles Times, 16 Nov. 2021
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