How to use "ragged" in sentences with meaning in English and Hindi

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Example sentences for "ragged" in popular movie and book plots

  • The creature was like a ragged little man and had yellow-brown skin, the colour of dark mustard.  - Yallery Brown
  • (Picking up a ragged magazine and reading) "Princess Diana has given birth to a baby boy, her first.  - The Foreigner (play)
  • Foreman informs him that even if they cure ragged red fibers (MERRF), Kyle has a fatal cardiomyopathy.  - Son of Coma Guy
  • Unwilling to beg for Sianadhs' life in her ragged state, Rohain remembers words from the Royal Bard and steps onto the balcony.  - The Lady of the Sorrows
  • Aparna (Renuka Menon) is teased and ragged by the duo, who happens to be the daughter of Principal's friend.  - Nammal
  • Parry selects Jolie, seeing her potential despite her ragged appearance.  - For Love of Evil
  • When waiting for his girlfriend, Touka Miyashita, to arrive, Keiji Takeda sees a ragged looking man stumbling through the town.  - Boogiepop and Others
  • A ragged man, apparently Rumail Deslucido, arrives in a small village along the Kadarin River, with vengeance on his mind.  - The Fall of Neskaya
  • George suddenly hears a scraping sound on sheets; he imagines Gramma's long, ragged fingernails rubbing against her bed.  - Gramma (short story)
  • Wearing his ragged karate gi and looking like a cave-man with his unkempt appearance, Oyama challenges the first dojo he passes.  - Fighter in the Wind
  • The battered, ragged form of Kharis the Mummy, however, senses the leaves brewing and heads toward them.  - The Mummy's Ghost
  • Erec refuses to accept gifts of new clothes for Enide, and takes her to Arthur's court in her ragged chemise.  - Erec and Enide
  • He returns to the Crakers' camp and learns that three ragged true humans are camping nearby.  - Oryx and Crake
  • He has a ragged crescent of a birthmark on his face.  - Burmese Days
  • When Guybrush reaches Monkey Island, he discovers a village of cannibals in a dispute with Herman Toothrot, a ragged castaway marooned there.  - The Secret of Monkey Island
  • Éponine, now ragged and emaciated, visits Marius at his apartment to beg for money.  - Les Misérables

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