Examples of raggedy in a Sentence
a raggedy group of soldiers
raggedy urchins playing in the village streets
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At the National Oceanographic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), a raggedy fleet of 15 research vessels are, on average, over 30 years old.
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Craig Hooper, Forbes.com, 3 Sep. 2025
Over the past few years, the ten raggedy courts in Leif Ericson Park, adjacent to Brooklyn’s Eighth Avenue Chinatown, have gone from neglected to absolutely buzzing with energy.
—David Shaftel, Curbed, 26 Aug. 2025
Straw peeked from the brown sleeves of his raggedy shirt.
—Shari Rudavsky, IndyStar, 2 July 2025
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.
—Donna Seaman
june 18, Literary Hub, 18 June 2025
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Craig Hooper, Forbes.com, 3 Sep. 2025
Over the past few years, the ten raggedy courts in Leif Ericson Park, adjacent to Brooklyn’s Eighth Avenue Chinatown, have gone from neglected to absolutely buzzing with energy.
—David Shaftel, Curbed, 26 Aug. 2025
Straw peeked from the brown sleeves of his raggedy shirt.
—Shari Rudavsky, IndyStar, 2 July 2025
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.
—Donna Seaman
june 18, Literary Hub, 18 June 2025
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“Raggedy.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/raggedy. Accessed 11 Sep. 2025.
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