jag
noun
a sharp projection on an edge or surface.
have jagged
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present perfectof jag.present perfect
Used to describe actions that started in the past and continue into or have direct relevance to the present.
Example Sentences
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That loss, no matter how milquetoast your partner is, will have jagged edges for a while.
From New York Times ● Sep. 29, 2020
At most, if left untreated, kids can scratch and scratch enough to break the skin if they have jagged fingernails, which may lead to a secondary infection.
From US News ● Jun. 18, 2014
The humble bees have short, stout, blunt jaws, ill adapted for cutting, and the perforations made by them are apparently always irregular in shape, and have jagged edges.
From Scientific American Supplement, No. 841, February 13, 1892 by Various
I have jagged a big place in my dress, David Nesbit, on a nail in your table.
From Grace Harlowe's Plebe Year at High School The Merry Doings of the Oakdale Freshmen Girls by Jessie Graham [pseud.] Flower
The catkins, which are two or three inches long, are similar to those of the foregoing species, but the scales have jagged edges.
From Wayside and Woodland Trees A pocket guide to the British sylva by Edward Step
