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Ragged in a sentence

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Ragged meaning

  1. In tatters, having the texture broken.
  2. Having rough edges; jagged or uneven
  3. Harsh-sounding; having an unpleasant noise

Synonyms of Ragged

Using Ragged

  • The main meaning on this page is: In tatters, having the texture broken. | Having rough edges; jagged or uneven | Harsh-sounding; having an unpleasant noise
  • Useful related words include: worn, tired, uneven.
  • In the example corpus, ragged often appears in combinations such as: the ragged, and ragged, ragged in.

Context around Ragged

  • Average sentence length in these examples: 22.7 words
  • Position in the sentence: 2 start, 15 middle, 3 end
  • Sentence types: 20 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations

Corpus analysis for Ragged

  • In this selection, "ragged" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 22.7 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
  • Around the word, radio, bit, themselves, island, company and insomnia stand out and add context to how "ragged" is used.
  • Recognizable usage signals include a frail ragged dirty old and and his ragged company. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
  • By corpus frequency, "ragged" sits close to words such as aggravating, airbags and alamos, which helps place it inside the broader word index.

Example types with ragged

The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:

Arsenal were ragged and soft. (5 words)

Bit ragged in possession at times, but it's early days. (11 words)

Locals stand near the ragged tarmac precipice, peering over and taking photos. (12 words)

And then again in 2016 the Foundation of volunteers organized, during Hurricane Matthew, moving donated supplies for Ragged Island, North Andros, Grand Bahama, and New Providence; raising some $4 million, according to their posted information at the time. (38 words)

Bandmate Wayne Sermon says that fans have repeatedly shared their hypotheses about what the phrase is, “Gemini is So Grand,” “Aged Men’s Radio,” “Ragged Insomnia” and “God is in a Manger” are among the guesses. (36 words)

I make do mostly with candles, and a complicated device by which wharf rats (stolen at random from the shore along here) run themselves ragged in a hamster wheel to power a miniature generator. (34 words)

Example sentences (20)

Again, without spoiling too much, music from the 1980s means that trouble is brewing for Joel and his ragged company.

Bandmate Wayne Sermon says that fans have repeatedly shared their hypotheses about what the phrase is, “Gemini is So Grand,” “Aged Men’s Radio,” “Ragged Insomnia” and “God is in a Manger” are among the guesses.

Bit ragged in possession at times, but it's early days.

He could go as hard and push out to the very edges, the ragged edges,” Johnstad said.

I make do mostly with candles, and a complicated device by which wharf rats (stolen at random from the shore along here) run themselves ragged in a hamster wheel to power a miniature generator.

Locals stand near the ragged tarmac precipice, peering over and taking photos.

Perhaps understandably given they’ve made 150-plus tackles, Portugal are looking more ragged in defence which is a prompt for Fiji to put their foot down on the big carries.

So they purchase a frail, ragged, dirty old woman who turns out to be their mother.

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The 29-year-old Pegula particularly struggled against the versatility of Mertens, who ran her ragged with some delightful sliced forehands, drops, lobs and deep shots to breeze through the match in 82 minutes.

The Bear & Ragged Staff in has been completely "transformed" and modernised inside and out.

The brand borrowed unsold merchandising from Ragged Kingdom and turned it into new gear, with a vintage flair.

Their team began in shambolic fashion; ragged at the back, slow of thought, and ponderous in possession.

The result is a grainy, 20-minute video called Faszination on the Nürburgring featuring a Yellowbird CTR driven on the ragged edge for two laps, engine blaring, and tires smoking at almost every corner.

They simply write on the form the name of the shop they find the pumpkin image in and return the form to Firefly Shiny Shop, Martin Rees or Run Ragged.

We are not going to let a few thieving, ragged Indians check and stop the progress of the railroads.

And then again in 2016 the Foundation of volunteers organized, during Hurricane Matthew, moving donated supplies for Ragged Island, North Andros, Grand Bahama, and New Providence; raising some $4 million, according to their posted information at the time.

Arsenal were ragged and soft.

Bahamas National Security Minister Wayne Munroe has raised concerns regarding the recent plane crash on Ragged Island, suggesting a potential link to the illegal drug trade.

From the works of American icons like to the raw and ragged grit of spaghetti Western cinema, each of these films has transcended their eras to become quintessential Western stories.

Hikers savor the views from the Ragged Mountain high point in Camden.

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Common combinations with ragged

These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:

Frequently asked questions

How do you use "ragged" in a sentence?
An example: "Again, without spoiling too much, music from the 1980s means that trouble is brewing for Joel and his ragged company." This page contains 10+ example sentences with the word "ragged" from authentic English texts.
What does "ragged" mean?
Ragged means: In tatters, having the texture broken.
What are synonyms of "ragged"?
Common synonyms of "ragged" include: worn, tired, uneven.
How many example sentences with "ragged" are there?
Voorbeeldzinnen.info contains at least 10+ example sentences with "ragged", drawn from a database of millions of English sentences.