Example Sentences

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The freight cars’ jaggedly rising and falling composition echoes the craggily beautiful backdrop of the San Jacinto mountain range.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 10, 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

Fit and jaggedly handsome, with short hair and sideburns, he looks coiled with impatience, restless yet confident.

From New York Times • Mar. 3, 2022

In a photograph, he observed the train smashed to shards, piled jaggedly against the sky, security guards sitting on the unclaimed belongings.

From "The Namesake" by Jhumpa Lahiri