Example Sentences

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Kashmir, the craggily beautiful region in the shadow of the Himalayas long caught between India and Pakistan, has fallen into a state of suspended animation.

From New York Times • Jan. 11, 2021

Grandees from each party competed to praise Mr Mueller, a craggily severe former FBI director, appointed by George W. Bush and kept on by Barack Obama.

From Economist • Dec. 14, 2017

But when “The Last Magnificent” introduces Tower, a craggily handsome individual with something of a haunted look, there is not a restaurant or a set of chef’s whites in sight.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 20, 2017

The plain was spectacular in its vastness, and snow-crested mountains rose craggily in the middle distance.

From The New Yorker • Nov. 30, 2015

Personally, I'd kill for hair as lush as Dafoe's in my sixth decade or to have a face so craggily characterful.

From The Guardian • Jun. 16, 2013