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How to use craggy in a sentence

11 example sentences · adjective

Craggy means characterized by rugged, sharp, or coarse features. Example: “The goat climbed up the craggy rocks.”

Examples of craggy by meaning

adjectiveCharacterized by rugged, sharp, or coarse features.

  • The goat climbed up the craggy rocks.
  • The old man had craggy, uncultured features, but had bright, intelligent eyes.
  • Where Willow was thunderous and craggy, a sort of Makepeace Watermaster without a secret, Murgo writhed inside his habit like a ferret roped into a bag.1986, John le Carré, A Perfect Spy

More sentences with craggy

  • He came to a craggy and downsteepy rock.From the entry downsteepy
  • By the time the storm had blown over the ship was lying awrack on the craggy rocks, all of her crew dead.From the entry awrack
  • Though many pits have been shut, the craggy landscape bears the scars of decades of excessive mining.2018 November 26, David Stanway, Joseph Campbell, Muyu Xu, Shanghai newsroom, “Smog war casualty: China coal city bears brunt of pollution…. From the entry Jincheng
  • A cow would find no joy in scampering up craggy hills to nibble nothing more than an agarita bush.2007 June 17, Paula Disbrowe, “The Year of the Goat”, in New York Times. From the entry agarita
  • The rock is a haven for rare wildlife, a landscape where pretty hedgerows and quaint villages are bordered by a breathtaking, craggy coastline.2011 January 31, Ian Sample, The Guardian. From the entry quaint
  • If we had eyes to see we should know every common bush as aflame with God and every craggy height as an angel's ladder.1922, Alexander McConnell, William Revell Moody, Arthur Percy Fitt, Record of Christian Work - Volume 41. From the entry angel's ladder
  • A solitary figure halted upon a craggy crest, a knapsacked figure, a dark lean man still young, but with a face worn by suffering, seared with pain.1932, H. G. Wells, The Bulpington of Blup. From the entry knapsacked
  • I usually think about how those majestic peaks rise gloriously out of the flat regime of the valley with nary a foothill before lofting swiftly into their craggy, boulderous heights.1999 December 19, Jeffrey Johnson, “Free Sex Links!! 3354”, in rec.arts.tv.mst3k.misc (Usenet). From the entry boulderous

Meaning of craggy

  1. adjective Characterized by rugged, sharp, or coarse features.

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Questions about craggy in a sentence

How do you use craggy in a sentence?
Craggy is used as an adjective. For example: “The goat climbed up the craggy rocks.”
What is a short sentence with craggy?
“The goat climbed up the craggy rocks.”
What does craggy mean?
Craggy means characterized by rugged, sharp, or coarse features.

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