Ragged

Examples

• After that there was no sign, but the path ran right on into Ragged Shaw, the wood which backed on to the school. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Return of Sherlock Holmes.
• Holmes moved the lamp, and we both bent over the sheet of paper, which showed by its ragged edge that it had indeed been torn from a book. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes.
• He was still ragged and squalid, but his face was not quite so hollow as on his first meeting with Mr. Pickwick, a few days before. Charles Dickens. The Pickwick Papers.
• And he smeared his ragged rough sleeve over his eyes. Charles Dickens. Great Expectations.
• When I saw him in the light, I observed, not only that his hair was long and ragged, but that his face was burnt dark by the sun. Charles Dickens. David Copperfield.
• She was dressed in a single filthy, ragged garment, made of bagging; and stood with her hands demurely folded before her. Harriet Beecher Stowe. Uncle Tom's Cabin.
• Here he is, very muddy, very hoarse, very ragged. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
• The ragged nests, so long deserted by the rooks, were gone; and the trees were lopped and topped out of their remembered shapes. Charles Dickens. David Copperfield.
• Well, James opened the letter and inserted a note asking Arthur to meet him in a little wood called the Ragged Shaw, which is near to the school. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Return of Sherlock Holmes.
• They formed a ragged line as far as the eye could reach in either direction and about three ships deep. Edgar Rice Burroughs. The Gods of Mars.
• Before me was a small patch of moonlit sky which showed through a ragged aperture. Edgar Rice Burroughs. A Princess of Mars.
• I glanced down at the foot from which the shoe was absent, and saw that the silk stocking on it, once white, now yellow, had been trodden ragged. Charles Dickens. Great Expectations.
• Suppose some of the boys had seen me coming through Canterbury, wayworn and ragged, and should find me out? Charles Dickens. David Copperfield.
• After receiving the charge with every mark of derision, the pupils formed in line and buzzingly passed a ragged book from hand to hand. Charles Dickens. Great Expectations.
• I was so ragged and dirty, that you wouldn't have touched me with a pair of tongs. Charles Dickens. Hard Times.
• Before them, at their very feet, was the brink of a black ragged chasm hidden by the thick grass. Charles Dickens. Hard Times.
• Her hair was torn and ragged, and her arms were bound to her sides with sashes and handkerchiefs. Charles Dickens. A Tale of Two Cities.
• We arrived at a tumble-down old rookery called the Palazzo Simonetti--a massive hewn-stone affair occupied by a family of ragged Italians. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
• She was seated on the ground, with her arms on the ragged chair, and her head leaning on them. Charles Dickens. Great Expectations.
• Mr. Snagsby descends and finds the two 'prentices intently contemplating a police constable, who holds a ragged boy by the arm. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
• As I brought another of the ragged chairs to the hearth and sat down, I remarked a new expression on her face, as if she were afraid of me. Charles Dickens. Great Expectations.
• Everywhere scattered fugitives, ragged, lean, and frost-bitten, spread the news of the disaster. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
• The muzzle was eaten by the rust of centuries into a ragged filigree-work, like the end of a burnt-out stove-pipe. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
• His hair is ragged, mingling with his whiskers and his beard--the latter, ragged too, and grown, like the scum and mist around him, in neglect. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
• On it lay a ragged grey scarf and an odd felt hat of semiclerical shape. Edith Wharton. The Age of Innocence.
• The first man I saw was of a meagre aspect, with sooty hands and face, his hair and beard long, ragged, and singed in several places. Jonathan Swift. Gulliver's Travels into Several Remote Nations of the World.
• An old woman, with a piece of crape hanging down here, said he, pointing to his breast, and ragged, red shoes. Harriette Wilson. The Memoirs of Harriette Wilson.
• The latter are exceedingly scarce--so much so that when poor ragged Arabs see one they beg to be allowed to kiss it. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
• Hence, when he came out of his invalid retirement and shook off that ragged train, he was much bespattered, and in worse case than ever. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
• She waited till the train had emerged from the tunnel and was racing between the ragged edges of the northern suburbs. Edith Wharton. The House of Mirth.

Editor: Tracy