Explore Rag through 10+ example sentences from English, with an explanation of the meaning and related words like shred or tabloid. Ideal for language learners, writers and word enthusiasts.
Rag in a sentence
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Rag meaning
- Tattered clothes (clothing).
- A piece of old cloth, especially one used for cleaning, patching, etc.; a tattered piece of cloth; a shred or tatter.
- A shabby, beggarly person; synonym of ragamuffin.
Synonyms of Rag
Using Rag
- The main meaning on this page is: Tattered clothes (clothing). | A piece of old cloth, especially one used for cleaning, patching, etc.; a tattered piece of cloth; a shred or tatter. | A shabby, beggarly person; synonym of ragamuffin.
- Useful related words include: shred, tabloid, ballroom music, danceroom music.
- In the example corpus, rag often appears in combinations such as: the rag, like rag, rag bone.
Context around Rag
- Average sentence length in these examples: 25 words
- Position in the sentence: 4 start, 7 middle, 9 end
- Sentence types: 20 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Rag
- In this selection, "rag" usually appears near the end of the sentence. The average example has 25 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, multimodal, leaf, fountain, tag, doll and joplin stand out and add context to how "rag" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include like a rag doll and a red rag at a. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "rag" sits close to words such as announcer, aubameyang and californians, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with rag
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
Family members are outraged that the child was treated like a rag doll. (13 words)
Len Tabner, Shaft bottom, 1983, charcoal and Conté pastel on rag based paper. (13 words)
It's not all dark furniture and here's your polishing rag, go to it. (15 words)
After the publication of the "Maple Leaf Rag", Joplin was soon being described as "King of rag time writers", not least by himself Berlin (1994) p. 128. on the covers of his own work, such as " The Easy Winners " and " Elite Syncopations ". (42 words)
Dutton might be out of sync with the community vibe on this issue, but his becoming a leading light of the “no” campaigners – a rag-tag lot at present – will encourage a swag of voters to have doubts and vote no. (41 words)
On primary night, Schroeder defeated Decker with 55% of the vote, and within days the campaign pivoted from its rag-tag headquarters in the Schroeders’ basement to an equally scrappy set-up inside an abandoned drugstore. (36 words)
Example sentences (20)
Multimodal RAG, RAG that can also surface a variety of file types from text, images or videos, relies on embedding models that transform data into numerical representations that AI models can read.
Constas said RAG is a private endeavour with 622 homes in Bedfordview having private response from RAG.
After the publication of the "Maple Leaf Rag", Joplin was soon being described as "King of rag time writers", not least by himself Berlin (1994) p. 128. on the covers of his own work, such as " The Easy Winners " and " Elite Syncopations ".
In the summer of 1914, while working as a soda jerk at the Poodle Dog Café, Ellington wrote his first composition, "Soda Fountain Rag" (also known as the "Poodle Dog Rag").
Levon Helm of The Band occasionally moved from his drum kit to play mandolin, most notably on Rag Mama Rag, Rockin' Chair, and Evangeline.
A fan can watch a rag-tag team of survivors transform into an organized community with an established order and system.
And it’s really funny that Mr Towell thinks that fellow members of the local community who don't like the hate-filled rag he hands out are "the establishment".
Dutton might be out of sync with the community vibe on this issue, but his becoming a leading light of the “no” campaigners – a rag-tag lot at present – will encourage a swag of voters to have doubts and vote no.
Family members are outraged that the child was treated like a rag doll.
It's a funky and upbeat action series centered around a rag-tag team of space bounty hunters.
It's not all dark furniture and here's your polishing rag, go to it.
It was Gunn's understanding of each character and his personal connection to them that helped make the rag-tag heroes compelling.
Len Tabner, Shaft bottom, 1983, charcoal and Conté pastel on rag based paper.
More than one bull rusher rag dolled him, and he couldn't hold the edge on speed guys consistently.
Mr Kidger, who has spoken about the increasing challenge in bringing big names to the Highlands, said the Rag’n’Bone Man cancellation has affected businesses as well as fans.
No list of itinerant traders would be complete without mentioning The Rag and Bone Man.
Online fashion retailer Sosandar receives vote of confidence after veteran rag trade investor Bill Currie.
On primary night, Schroeder defeated Decker with 55% of the vote, and within days the campaign pivoted from its rag-tag headquarters in the Schroeders’ basement to an equally scrappy set-up inside an abandoned drugstore.
Sitting in the middle of a Darby Street lane and pedalling along without a care in the world could be akin to waving a red rag at a bull.
Someone who plays well in the structure of a system that has weapons around him and who will probably spend a lot of time in the concussion protocol from getting tossed around like a rag doll.
Common combinations with rag
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts: