How to Use jag in a Sentence
jag
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Wet Leg had jagged one-liners as good as their jagged songs.
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Rolling Stone,
29 Dec. 2025
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That crashing sea, the shoreline jagged with black rock.
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Literary Hub,
24 Sep. 2025
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How investors see that jagged downward red line is a litmus test of their economic worldview.
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Victor Tangermann,
Futurism,
17 June 2026
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Slim and sleek, Han has poured herself into the tube of a shiny black leather jumpsuit, her hair, should-length and jagged at the edges, the same color as her outfit.
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Literary Hub,
9 Mar. 2026
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The capability to reason about reasoning is present, while the capability to reason correctly is jagged at best.
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Anuradha Weeraman,
Forbes.com,
20 Mar. 2026
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The cast rattles off the snappy dialogue, jagged with tension and menace, in performances that wink just slyly enough at the wry, knowing way that the characters deploy—and embody—gangland stereotypes.
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Richard Brody,
New Yorker,
28 Aug. 2025
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Except for a lithic crevice that jags through the composition, and a complementary bit of green-and-yellow Mardi Gras coloring, this is a portrait of a temperamental hue.
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Zachary Fine,
New Yorker,
22 Dec. 2025
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Kicking Horse Ski Resort Kicking Horse Ski Resort, an hour west of Lake Louise, is known for its steep terrain, gigantic chutes, jagged Rocky Mountain peaks, and fluffy dry snow.
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Jonny Bierman,
Travel + Leisure,
27 Feb. 2026
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Frimpong collected Dominik Szoboszlai’s floated pass downfield on the right hand side of the box, jagged in past the Palace defense and chipped the ball towards the far post, over the outstretched hands of goalkeeper Dean Henderson and into the net to score 20 minutes and 20 seconds into the game.
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Issy Ronald,
CNN Money,
10 Aug. 2025
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