Examples of raggedy in a Sentence
a raggedy group of soldiers
raggedy urchins playing in the village streets
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Watch when your raggedy TV works, anyway.
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Rosa Lyster, Harpers Magazine, 6 Jan. 2026
The other, a raggedy, bearded civilian from his country’s military reserve, is less enthused, and often strips off his service greens and his Ottoman-style fez to smoke cigarettes and lounge in the sun.
—Siddhant Adlakha, Variety, 29 Dec. 2025
And yet, through the brown teeth and the raggedy clothing and the indifference of the opposite sex, Tupac found someone within the long gray hallways whose presence would prove life-changing.
—Jeff Pearlman, Rolling Stone, 17 Oct. 2025
Repurpose infrequently used or raggedy-but-serviceable containers to bring order to that junk drawer.
—The Washington Post, San Diego Union-Tribune, 13 Sep. 2025
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Rosa Lyster, Harpers Magazine, 6 Jan. 2026
The other, a raggedy, bearded civilian from his country’s military reserve, is less enthused, and often strips off his service greens and his Ottoman-style fez to smoke cigarettes and lounge in the sun.
—Siddhant Adlakha, Variety, 29 Dec. 2025
And yet, through the brown teeth and the raggedy clothing and the indifference of the opposite sex, Tupac found someone within the long gray hallways whose presence would prove life-changing.
—Jeff Pearlman, Rolling Stone, 17 Oct. 2025
Repurpose infrequently used or raggedy-but-serviceable containers to bring order to that junk drawer.
—The Washington Post, San Diego Union-Tribune, 13 Sep. 2025
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“Raggedy.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/raggedy. Accessed 10 Jan. 2026.
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