Sentence example with the word 'raggedness'

raggedness

Definition n. a texture of a surface or edge that is not smooth but is irregular and uneven

Last update: August 15, 2015


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He was poor, even to raggedness; and his appearance excited a mirth and a pity which were equally intolerable to his haughty spirit.   [Please select]

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Think of the weary months in jail, of starvation, insult, and the miseries of cold, raggedness, filth, and fever.   [Please select]

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Hence desertions, raggedness, discontent, suffering; but not despair,--even in the breast of Washington, who realized the difficulties as none else did.   [Please select]

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Forlorn babies played in the gutter, and men and women in every stage of raggedness and degradation marred the beauty of that fair Sunday morning.   [Please select]

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The very raggedness of their garments, the unforgetable disregard for consequences, the impudent ease with which they faced poverty and wealth alike, belonged to but one set of men--the vagabonds of the Hawk and Raven.   [Please select]

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