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Recent Examples of scraggly For the red seaweed Gracilaria gracilis, which grows in scraggly clumps, this is a particular problem. Jack Tamisiea, Scientific American, 28 July 2022 O’Neal pulled off the road next to some open land studded with scraggly bushes. Elizabeth Kolbert, The New Yorker, 11 Apr. 2022 By the time the school day began, a scraggly line of kids and their parents stretched out the door, down the hallway, and outside into the sunshine. Helen Rosner, The New Yorker, 10 Nov. 2021 Before purchasing a wagonload of rose plants, and then scratching your head over what to do with those scraggly things, read up for tips on how to prepare a proper home for your rose bushes. Patricia S York, Southern Living, 25 Mar. 2021 See All Example Sentences for scraggly
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Adjective
  • For the next hour or so, several of them will summit various routes along the cliff's steep, jagged face.
    Sean Clancy, Arkansas Online, 12 May 2025
  • Grok 3: The wind howled through the jagged spires of the Frostfang Reaches, carrying a chill that bit deeper than any blade, and Ser Willem Cray felt its teeth in his bones.
    Kelsey Piper, Vox, 12 May 2025
Adjective
  • The square of white cloth was about to be sewn into a bigger pieces displaying political messages, but the ragged edges didn't neatly line up with the other pieces.
    Trevor Hughes, USA Today, 7 May 2025
  • Musk: Tesla not on ‘ragged edge of death’ Musk dismisses the idea that the company is in any serious financial distress.
    Chris Isidore, CNN Money, 28 Apr. 2025

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“Scraggly.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/scraggly. Accessed 22 May. 2025.

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