Example Sentences

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This restoration shows why the poems had to be so jaggedly intimate.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 5, 2026

So custody agreements are often awkward or uneven splits, jaggedly cut along the fault lines of the relationship that was once the foundation for the children’s lives.

From Los Angeles Times • May 30, 2023

Though Television never found much commercial success, Verlaine’s jaggedly inventive playing as part of the band’s two-guitar assault influenced many musicians.

From Seattle Times • Jan. 28, 2023

The tape published Sunday has sliced jaggedly through the Latino political hierarchy in the state’s largest city.

From Washington Post • Oct. 11, 2022

Of those matters too jaggedly personal to reveal to intimates, my parents will never speak.

From "Hunger of Memory" by Richard Rodriguez