How to Use craggy in a Sentence

craggy

adjective

• Part of the neglect has to do with the fact that craggy patriarchs are no longer in fashion, particularly ones who were prone to misogynistic and homophobic rhetoric, as Ives was.
  — Alex Ross, The New Yorker, 4 Nov. 2024
• The plump pieces of swai are craggy and crisp, with a light coating that sticks to the fish.
  — Jenn Harris, Los Angeles Times, 14 Aug. 2023
• The sun cuts the fog above the craggy emerald peaks and glints off the stepped rice paddies.
  — Zandie Brockett, Condé Nast Traveler, 24 Aug. 2018
• The craggy nuts add pops of crunch to the spoonable casserole.
  — Zoe Denenberg, Bon Appétit, 4 Nov. 2023
• Above us was a gray, craggy world of rocks and dust—a piece of the moon jutting out of Eden.
  — Joshua Rothman, The New Yorker, 24 Jan. 2022
• Mountaineers stand atop craggy peaks and look out on the world.
  — Ben Taub, The New Yorker, 10 May 2020
• For a private place to stay, head to the craggy cliffside.
  — Katie Lockhart, Robb Report, 31 Aug. 2023
• Snow patches clung to craggy rock faces — a rare sight in the last gasps of summer.
  — Lila Seidman, Los Angeles Times, 11 Sep. 2023
• Huge waves send sea spray dozens of feet into the air along the wild, craggy coastline.
  — National Geographic, 15 July 2019
• The craggy nuggets are doused in hot sauce and honey as the finishing touch.
  — Katie Chang, Esquire, 23 June 2016
• But on the top of the craggy 373-foot summit, the natural world provides a haven.
  — Peter Marteka, courant.com, 16 May 2017
• This stunning loop hike climbs and winds along a ridge line between the craggy peaks of the cascades.
  — Audrey Bruno, SELF, 28 Oct. 2018
• Both are made more dramatic by the sometimes 100-foot craggy cliffs of the gorge.
  — Chelsey Lewis, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 9 Oct. 2017
• There are 360-degree views of the valley, the undulating fjords, the craggy peaks of the Troll Wall to the north, stabbing the sky.
  — Nick Heil, Outside Online, 12 July 2018
• The island is a craggy basalt rock that juts up from water so rough that boats cannot dock.
  — New York Times, 9 Apr. 2022
• Parts of it are so dry the ground is sharp and craggy, with no vegetation.
  — New York Times, 28 Dec. 2021
• High above the cardamom stood old trees whose mossy trunks and craggy branches soared hundreds of feet in the air.
  — National Geographic, 18 Jan. 2020
• The starch will give the pork a craggy, super-crunchy shell—no egg wash or breadcrumbs needed.
  — Cathy Erway, Men's Health, 6 Sep. 2023
• There were piles of raw rocks on tarps, sold by the pound, and men with craggy hands standing behind crates of cheap agate slices.
  — Rachel Monroe, The New Yorker, 21 Feb. 2023
• The low tide exposes the craggy tops of oyster reefs and the waving tips of eelgrass.
  — National Geographic, 13 June 2017
• Then flip them over and fill the craggy pockets with that garlicky butter.
  — Bon Appétit, Bon Appetit, 8 Oct. 2017
• Elizabeth fell in love with the area — the craggy coast, the nice weather, the day trips to the Golden Gate Bridge — according to Greg.
  — Andrea Stanley, Cosmopolitan, 23 May 2017
• Elizabeth fell in love with the area — the craggy coast, the nice weather, the day trips to the Golden Gate Bridge — according to Greg.
  — Andrea Stanley, Good Housekeeping, 19 May 2017
• In Maine, the craggy coastline and some 4,000 islands off the coast can be enjoyed from many vantage points.
  — Allison Tibaldi, CNN, 16 May 2017
• Marguerita Bay was a stretch of rocky green hills that dropped off in craggy white walls, framing the shore and the narrow, sandy beach.
  — Mitch Albom, Detroit Free Press, 31 Oct. 2021
• Land along the border cuts through cities and farmland, gulches and craggy mountains, and desert and wildlife preserves.
  — Terrence Dopp, Bloomberg.com, 30 Aug. 2017
• Mr. Lazenby, 77 and craggy but still in seemingly good health, sits in front of the camera and starts telling the story of his life.
  — Glenn Kenny, New York Times, 1 June 2017
• Movement and melt carved the landscape over the course of millennia, leaving behind the craggy peaks and frigid lakes that dot the area.
  — Teddy Brokaw, Smithsonian Magazine, 16 May 2024
• Onto the field, amid the chaos, strode White Sox owner Bill Veeck, a man with a wooden leg and a craggy face a wood-carver might love.
  — Joe Lapointe, Detroit Free Press, 12 July 2019
• Like an adult's version of Disneyland, Monaco even has its own fairytale castle sitting atop a craggy rockface which soars high above the skyscrapers and villas.
  — Caroline Reid, Forbes, 25 Oct. 2024

Last Updated: 12 Dec 2024