Text set with ragged right margins. From Wordnet, Princeton University.
Run ragged. From Wordnet, Princeton University.
Clothes as ragged as a scarecrow's. From Wordnet, Princeton University.
Adjective : a ragged old man. ,ragged clothing. ,a ragged wound. ,ragged stones. ,a ragged garden. ,a ragged piece of work. From Dictionary.com.
Verb (used with object) : Some of the boys were ragging on him about his haircut. From Dictionary.com.
Noun : a piano rag. From Dictionary.com.
He screamed, letting the sound die out in ragged sobbing. From Wordnik.com. [Narrative Magazine's Friday Feature: Alexi Zentner's 'Trapline'] Reference
They look like miniature chimney sweeps in ragged clothes. From Wordnik.com. [HEY CROW! • by Rumjhum Biswas] Reference
Next day he called his ragged, hungry men together and said. From Wordnik.com. [The Southerner A Romance of the Real Lincoln] Reference
A small brown-skinned boy in ragged shorts swings in a hammock. From Wordnik.com. [First flight - an excerpt from the book: Agave Marias] Reference
Her breath came in short, ragged gasps, and she was crying sound - lessly. From Wordnik.com. [Ilse Witch]
There was a demented woman who roamed the streets of this small town in ragged and soiled clothing. From Wordnik.com. [San Francisco, Ixtacamaxtitlan, part 2] Reference
Their beds were constructed of rough boards suspended on bricks; thin ragged sheets were neatly laid on top. From Wordnik.com. [A story about the "Gringa Mama".] Reference
He hung grimly to the royal standard, his breath coming in short, ragged gasps as the bitter taste of adrenalin filled his mouth. From Wordnik.com. [Nikolai Dante Omnibus: three times the fun] Reference
"The flowers are called ragged robins, Rachel," she said. From Wordnik.com. [Five Little Peppers and their Friends] Reference
The word was ragged and it excited her even more than his confession. From Wordnik.com. [Tie Me Up, Tie Me Down] Reference
The cobbler used to call the ragged boys in that lived about his shop, and teach them. From Wordnik.com. [Rollo in London] Reference
"Well he actually calls the ragged gypsy woman 'my daughter,'" grumbled the old housekeeper. From Wordnik.com. [Debts of Honor] Reference
Once it moves over land they get kind of ragged and torn up. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Sep 13, 2008] Reference
But I deliberately try to make it a 'ragged' sort of movement. From Wordnik.com. [Brian Ruckley on Writing Battle Scenes] Reference
In writing about the horror of slavery, she finds a kind of ragged hope. From Wordnik.com. [A Mercy: Summary and book reviews of A Mercy by Toni Morrison.] Reference
Still, he didn't want her to think that he was some kind of ragged-tailed hooligan. From Wordnik.com. [The Black Gryphon]
More intriguing is Obama's use of the word "ragged" as an adjective as in the highly poetic "ragged air" or "ragged laughter.". From Wordnik.com. [Jack Cashill's strange notion that Bill Ayers wrote "Dreams From My Father."] Reference
The sorrel runs in ragged flame. From Wordnik.com. [Second April] Reference
They "ragged" while Ranny lunged at them and said. From Wordnik.com. [The Combined Maze] Reference
They were a wild lot, in every kind of ragged garment. From Wordnik.com. [Twenty Years Of Balkan Tangle] Reference
Mine look kind of ragged at the moment after a hot August. From Wordnik.com. [May Dreams Gardens] Reference
I have been through college and I have been 'ragged' physically. From Wordnik.com. [Don't trust the Indian Media!] Reference
Each had been "ragged" on a subject of which he knew absolutely nothing. From Wordnik.com. [Once Aboard the Lugger] Reference
She occasionally flattered him, but more generally she teased or "ragged" him. From Wordnik.com. [A Great Success] Reference
More intriguing is Obama's use of the word "ragged" as an adjective as in the highly poetic. From Wordnik.com. [Latest Articles] Reference
One boy complained ruefully of having spent three terms under a form-master who had "ragged" him. From Wordnik.com. [The Hill A Romance of Friendship] Reference
And then in a kind of ragged unanimity: "Mordred for regent!. From Wordnik.com. [The Wicked Day]
12-14 days of age, they are then called ragged - jackets and are far game. From Wordnik.com. [CreationWiki - Recent changes [en]] Reference
The hotel proprietor fumed at the idea of serving the ragged children. From Wordnik.com. [Chocolate Grenades] Reference
His clothes have always concealed most of the body, though often with a ragged look. From Wordnik.com. [Night Of The Living Dead] Reference
As the men hoist their camcorders, the mob starts a ragged howl, "Mo-ni-ca, Mo-ni-ca.". From Wordnik.com. [Monica Madness] Reference
"A career just came early for me," she says, playing with a thread from her ragged pants. From Wordnik.com. [Anarchy On Mtv? Tough Gals, Rejoice.] Reference
Wearing a ragged T shirt and torn sneakers, Stompie explained why he had mobilized the children. From Wordnik.com. [Lessons From South Africa] Reference
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