How to Use jagged in a Sentence

jagged

adjective
  • Their leaves can be cup-shaped, star-shaped, and smooth or jagged.
    — Claire Harmeyer, Better Homes & Gardens, 7 Aug. 2020
  • The jagged edges of my daily stress smoothed out.
    — Patsy Anthony, Vogue, 28 Mar. 2026
  • His speaking voice is just as deep and jagged.
    — Christopher Arnott, Hartford Courant, 4 Jan. 2026
  • Her breaths are shallow and jagged rather than smooth and steady.
    — Fox News, 16 July 2018
  • It’s shaped like an evil tulip with jagged teeth on the outside.
    — Lauren Joseph, WSJ, 14 Oct. 2022
  • In the dead center of it was a jagged hole, punched straight through.
    — Andrew Liptak, The Verge, 8 July 2018
  • The top edge of the wall that once held it up was jagged and blackened.
    — Gustavo Arellano, Los Angeles Times, 15 Nov. 2023
  • While the book is weird and jagged, the movie is outlandish and … moist.
    — Jackson McHenry, Vulture, 11 Feb. 2026
  • Why not try out a red gingham top with a kitschy skirt with jagged seams?
    — Robyn Mowatt, Essence, 19 June 2025
  • The ice is as soft as the powder skiers dream of, with no jagged edges.
    — Ligaya Mishan Esther Choi, New York Times, 22 Aug. 2023
  • Wet Leg had jagged one-liners as good as their jagged songs.
    — Rolling Stone, 29 Dec. 2025
  • The ice was jagged, and rocks were sticking out at the bottom.
    — Outside, 23 Jan. 2026
  • On the laptop screen, a jagged red line shows peaks and valleys.
    — Daniel A. Gross, Smithsonian, 25 Apr. 2017
  • The building's jagged bricks stood against the empty sky.
    — Eleanor Beardsley, NPR, 3 Dec. 2025
  • The vastness of the canyon, with its jagged edges and rushing rivers.
    — Shelby Slade, AZCentral.com, 16 July 2025
  • There were several jagged dark brown scabs.
    — Literary Hub, 9 Feb. 2026
  • The trail will lead you to an exposed, at times jagged, cliffside.
    — Jaclyn Cosgrove, Los Angeles Times, 19 Sep. 2024
  • Free of armored men and anchors, the ship slipped over the jagged rocks.
    — Bryan Alexander, USA Today, 22 June 2026
  • The crowd is mostly silent, except for the jagged cries some cannot, do not, still.
    — Lydia Strohl, CNN, 13 Aug. 2022
  • She was seen on jagged rocks close to the sea in an area of the island where bears are known to roam.
    — Marina Pitofsky, USA TODAY, 22 Sep. 2021
  • In this case, because the shark’s teeth are so sharp, the cut through the wrist is clean and not jagged.
    — Nicole Acevedo, NBC news, 19 June 2025
  • Giles Deacon blue and green jagged stripe) as a base option.
    — Stephanie Sporn, Vogue, 27 Jan. 2026
  • Another feature of the storm was that the hail was spiked and jagged.
    — Matthew Cappucci, BostonGlobe.com, 21 Aug. 2019
  • Your job is to shape the wound by removing loose and jagged portions.
    — Tom MacCubbin, Orlando Sentinel, 24 Sep. 2022
  • The sun coming in through the window at the back projects jagged bands of light across the bearskin.
    — Annie Ernaux, The New Yorker, 19 Aug. 2024
  • The first iteration looked like a jagged piece of tape above the smile.
    — Caitlin O'Kane, CBS News, 3 Mar. 2021
  • Barrero took a jagged route to the ball, mistimed his slide and saw the ball roll right by him.
    — Charlie Goldsmith, The Enquirer, 23 Apr. 2023
  • The lodge looked like a miniature in the shadow of the jagged mountains.
    — Sophie Mendel, Travel + Leisure, 23 Mar. 2025
  • In our tests, this model produced jagged pieces of ice that were the same size and easy to crunch.
    — Eva Bleyer, goodhousekeeping.com, 15 Apr. 2023
  • The door to one of the bathrooms bears a jagged hole, through which the man shows his anxious face.
    — Anthony Lane, The New Yorker, 8 Nov. 2019

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