How to Use rag in a Sentence

rag

1 of 2 noun

• Its thick pages are made from rags.
  — Jackie Northam, NPR, 7 Dec. 2025
• Spritz and wipe with a soft rag.
  — Melissa Locker, Southern Living, 8 Sep. 2025
• Spritz and wipe with a soft rag.
  — Melissa Locker, Southern Living, 19 June 2026
• Spritz and wipe with a soft rag.
  — Melissa Locker, Southern Living, 28 Jan. 2026
• Wipe the blade clean with an old rag.
  — Brandee Gruener, Southern Living, 8 June 2026
• Dry with a squeegee and then dry rag.
  — Daley Quinn, Southern Living, 26 Oct. 2025
• Dry with a squeegee and then dry rag.
  — Daley Quinn, Southern Living, 20 Jan. 2026
• Wipe shelves with a rag damp with lemon juice.
  — Taylor Tobin, Southern Living, 24 Feb. 2026
• Wipe shelves with a rag damp with lemon juice.
  — Taylor Tobin, Southern Living, 1 Jan. 2026
• There’s always a need for rags.
  — Ashlyn Needham, Southern Living, 3 Dec. 2025
• There’s always a need for rags.
  — Ashlyn Needham, Southern Living, 21 Aug. 2025
• There’s always a need for rags.
  — Ashlyn Needham, Southern Living, 18 May 2026
• Even damp rags and sponges can be a source of food for these flies.
  — Arricca Elin Sansone, Southern Living, 28 Apr. 2026
• Rinse with tepid water and a rag or sponge.
  — Daley Quinn, Southern Living, 20 Jan. 2026
• Rinse with tepid water and a rag or sponge.
  — Daley Quinn, Southern Living, 26 Oct. 2025
• The same can be said for cotton cloths and rags.
  — Mary Marlowe Leverette, Southern Living, 12 June 2026
• Some would just throw some old rags in a gym bag and call it a day.
  — Dave Schilling, Los Angeles Times, 18 Apr. 2023
• Use a rag to clean; do not soak your baskets.
  — Ashley Poskin, Martha Stewart, 2 May 2026
• Use a scrub brush, sponge, or clean rag to remove mold stains.
  — Megan Boettcher, Better Homes & Gardens, 8 Sep. 2023
• Once the old part is out, clean the opening in the tub with a rag.
  — Jeanne Huber, Washington Post, 12 Sep. 2022
• Scrub the grates with an old rag or abrasive dish sponge and rinse well.
  — Daley Quinn, Southern Living, 30 May 2026
• Scrub the grates with an old rag or abrasive dish sponge and rinse well.
  — Daley Quinn, Southern Living, 21 Jan. 2026
• Scrub the grates with an old rag or abrasive dish sponge and rinse well.
  — Daley Quinn, Southern Living, 10 June 2026
• Scrub the grates with an old rag or abrasive dish sponge and rinse well.
  — Daley Quinn, Southern Living, 18 Oct. 2025
• Scrub the grates with an old rag or abrasive dish sponge and rinse well.
  — Daley Quinn, Southern Living, 27 June 2026
• Wipe out with a damp rag or paper towel.
  — Daley Quinn, Southern Living, 29 Jan. 2026
• The set is also easy to clean — just wipe any dirt off with a wet rag.
  — Rylee Johnston, PEOPLE, 15 Sep. 2025
• Soak rags in vinegar and place them around the garden.
  — Sj McShane, Martha Stewart, 26 Apr. 2026
• Stuff towels or rags in the cracks under doors.
  — Evan Moore, Charlotte Observer, 20 Feb. 2026
• Stuff towels or rags in the cracks under doors.
  — Evan Moore, Charlotte Observer, 5 Feb. 2026

rag

2 of 2 verb

• Use a damp mop or rag to remove dust (a dry cloth stirs up allergens).
  — Korin Miller, Health.com, 24 May 2021
• First, use a brush or rag to remove all loose soil particles from tools and pots.
  — Megan Hughes, Better Homes & Gardens, 18 Feb. 2026
• Each leaves different clues like slime trails, ragged edges, or missing buds.
  — Peg Aloi, The Spruce, 8 Mar. 2026
• Mix paint and water and apply that solution with a brush or rag to the wood.
  — Hadley Keller, House Beautiful, 26 June 2023
• But now in the gossip rags, his parents are out complaining about it.
  — Wesley Stenzel, Entertainment Weekly, 2 Dec. 2025
• True, some of the vocals sounded ragged at times and the set lagged for a bit about three-quarters through.
  — George Varga, San Diego Union-Tribune, 20 June 2023
• The staff is running him ragged with the starting and second-team offense in team drills.
  — Andrew Callahan, Boston Herald, 31 July 2025
• Holes and ragged edges in brassica leaves are usually from snails, slugs or tiny green worms.
  — Nan Sterman, San Diego Union-Tribune, 6 Jan. 2024
• The incline left my legs burning and my breath ragged, and my pace slowed despite my best efforts.
  — Sam Stone, Bon Appetit Magazine, 12 Aug. 2025
• This ragged archive amounts to a record of my thinking, or at least those bits that, for a moment, seemed worth saving.
  — Dan Rockmore, New Yorker, 9 Aug. 2025
• Even sportscasters appear to be run ragged by the probabilities.
  — John Otis, New York Times, 7 Nov. 2023
• Travis Kelce knows all about sacrificing, training and running your body ragged in order to play like a champ on game day.
  — Gil Kaufman, Billboard, 12 Aug. 2025
• The 19-year-old stood silently as a defense attorney entered the plea, but behind him came sobs and ragged breath.
  — Savannaheadens, oregonlive, 26 Jan. 2023
• All the streets are dark, the houses identical, in the sky ragged clouds race, and huge flocks, wings creaking like oars, migrate to the safety of the mind.
  — D. Nurkse, The New York Review of Books, 4 May 2023
• Creeping types often become ragged in winter; if this happens, cut them back to the ground in late winter before spring growth begins. Species and Selections There are dozens of selections of thyme.
  — Southern Living Editors, Southern Living, 30 June 2023
• However, the bigger issue that must be addressed is a culture that is simply running women ragged.
  — Kelley Manley, ELLE, 8 June 2023
• Tracy wasn’t feeling well, ragged with a cold, so Paola and the others would have to guide me one step at a time, slowly, carefully.
  — Ryan Knighton, AFAR Media, 31 Oct. 2025
• In spring training, when command is typically ragged and in the dry desert where secondary stuff usually backs up, the starters have allowed eight hits and one walk.
  — Evan Grant, Dallas News, 17 Mar. 2023
• Dampen a cloth or rag with a few sprays of all-purpose cleaner and wipe down the tower fan's exterior to eliminate any stray dust and dirt particles.
  — Samantha Hunter, Better Homes & Gardens, 4 Dec. 2023
• The new attack, unsurprisingly, looked ragged for much of OTAs and minicamp.
  — Baltimore Sun Staff, Baltimore Sun, 26 June 2023
• With 10 goals scored and countless opponents run ragged, Agyemang has helped propel an unlikely push for promotion.
  — Henry Bushnell, New York Times, 6 Mar. 2026
• During the evening session of the second day at Rajkot, Duckett was imperious, unstoppable and running the hosts ragged.
  — Tim Ellis, Forbes, 18 Feb. 2024
• Dull blades tear the grass tips instead of making a clean cut, and those wounds increase the vulnerability of the grass to infection in addition to just making the lawn look a bit more ragged overall.
  — Miri Talabac, Baltimore Sun, 3 Aug. 2023
• If the grime is substantial, remove it according to the manufacturer's instructions and submerge it in warm soapy water, using a brush or rag to clean between the grill's gaps.
  — Samantha Hunter, Better Homes & Gardens, 25 Apr. 2023
• The players had looked ragged, insecure and vulnerable tactically.
  — Jacob Tanswell, New York Times, 25 Aug. 2025
• Crows can be beautiful birds whose black feathers shimmer green and violet, like an aurora in the night sky; in late summer, however, Parisian crows looked ragged from their annual molt.
  — Ben Crair, The New Yorker, 5 Mar. 2024
• Terhune is intimate with this working-class portrait of America, its fences, porch flags, televangelists, crop prices and ragged men wandering roads with cardboard signs.
  — Jeffrey Fleishman, Los Angeles Times, 18 Oct. 2023
• With a ‘ragging attitude’, Philip abandoned pleasantries in front of photographer Cecil Beaton.
  — Dr. Tessa Dunlop, Town & Country, 2 Apr. 2023
• Good companions for early-flowering bulbs are late-sprouting perennials, so that by the time the bulbs are looking ragged and losing foliage for summer dormancy, the perennial is hiding it with fresh foliage.
  — Miri Talabac, Baltimore Sun, 7 Sep. 2023
• There are minor imperfections (the topmost of the polo’s four buttonholes arrived unfinished and a touch ragged) and the shirt’s large, soft collar, the only option, gets helplessly flummoxed under even a light blazer.
  — Josh Condon, Robb Report, 3 Sep. 2023