1
: having a sharply uneven edge or surface
jagged peaks
2
: having a harsh, rough, or irregular quality
jagged rhythms
jaggedly
adverb
jaggedness
noun
Examples of jagged in a Sentence
jagged pieces of broken glass
it's going to be hard to repair the jagged tear in the tablecloth so that it doesn't show
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As revealed in the opening moments of Episode 2, Karen breaks her now-empty wine bottle and gets in some good hits with the jagged glass before the monster slashes her chest and takes Holly into the alternate dimension known as The Upside Down.
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Dessi Gomez, Deadline, 26 Nov. 2025
Mixing a royal blue base with nubuck overlays and a jagged white midsole, the colorway would have looked right at home alongside other Nike basketball shoes from the 1990s such as the Air Up, Air Max CW and Penny Hardaway’s various signature sneakers.
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Then came the pack ice—millions of jagged pieces, breaking up in the late Arctic spring, a sea of brilliant white fragments against the deep, dark blue.
—Ben Taub, New Yorker, 24 Nov. 2025
The charred, jagged remains of brick walls claw against the gray sky, after Russian projectiles tore off the front of an apartment building in this the western Ukrainian city.
—Eleanor Beardsley, NPR, 23 Nov. 2025
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Dessi Gomez, Deadline, 26 Nov. 2025
Mixing a royal blue base with nubuck overlays and a jagged white midsole, the colorway would have looked right at home alongside other Nike basketball shoes from the 1990s such as the Air Up, Air Max CW and Penny Hardaway’s various signature sneakers.
—Riley Jones, Footwear News, 26 Nov. 2025
Then came the pack ice—millions of jagged pieces, breaking up in the late Arctic spring, a sea of brilliant white fragments against the deep, dark blue.
—Ben Taub, New Yorker, 24 Nov. 2025
The charred, jagged remains of brick walls claw against the gray sky, after Russian projectiles tore off the front of an apartment building in this the western Ukrainian city.
—Eleanor Beardsley, NPR, 23 Nov. 2025
See All Example Sentences for jagged
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“Jagged.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/jagged. Accessed 2 Dec. 2025.
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jagged
adjective
jag·ged
ˈjag-əd 
: having a sharp uneven edge or surface
jagged mountains
jaggedly
adverb
jaggedness
noun
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