Example Sentences

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This dimension makes it easy to trim raggedly whites between the edge of the spoon and sides of the skillet as you lift the egg from the hot water.

From Salon • Dec. 8, 2021

After a raggedly played opening 24 minutes for both sides, it was the Nets who led 59-55 at halftime.

From Seattle Times • Dec. 3, 2021

Other moments were entirely new, such as the exegesis of the evil Governor, sung raggedly by Alan Okie, that it is “better to be feared than to be loved.”

From Washington Post • Jun. 13, 2019

In this portrait, we find him an old man, in utter isolation, gray-haired, raggedly dressed, barefoot in a motorized wheelchair.

From The New Yorker • Jul. 23, 2018

He began to row with a frantic energy, the oars chewing raggedly at the water.

From "Lizzie Bright and the Buckminster Boy" by Gary D. Schmidt