Examples of raggedy in a Sentence
a raggedy group of soldiers
raggedy urchins playing in the village streets
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Three little raggedy boys sit in a row pressed against each other on a mound of rubble in front of a worn plastered brick wall in 1915 in Esztergom, Hungary, Kertész’s homeland.
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Donna Seaman
june 18, Literary Hub, 18 June 2025
On multiple occasions, in fact, Hailey would step out in an elegant mini and pumps, and her husband would be wearing raggedy jeans and a bulky hoodie.
—Kathleen Walsh, Glamour, 6 Feb. 2025
What will Mayor Brandon Johnson’s playbook be against ‘raggedy’ Trump White House?
—Chicago Tribune, 3 Feb. 2025
We, like Eric Bogosian’s raggedy journalist Daniel Molloy, must be seduced by Louis’s tale.
—Kathryn Vanarendonk, Vulture, 11 Dec. 2024
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Donna Seaman
june 18, Literary Hub, 18 June 2025
On multiple occasions, in fact, Hailey would step out in an elegant mini and pumps, and her husband would be wearing raggedy jeans and a bulky hoodie.
—Kathleen Walsh, Glamour, 6 Feb. 2025
What will Mayor Brandon Johnson’s playbook be against ‘raggedy’ Trump White House?
—Chicago Tribune, 3 Feb. 2025
We, like Eric Bogosian’s raggedy journalist Daniel Molloy, must be seduced by Louis’s tale.
—Kathryn Vanarendonk, Vulture, 11 Dec. 2024
See All Example Sentences for raggedy
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“Raggedy.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/raggedy. Accessed 12 Jul. 2025.
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