How to Use craggy in a Sentence

craggy

adjective

• 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
• Visitors to South Cove walk along a boardwalk—a seam of craggy rocks and meadow grasses on one side, the river and a grid of pilings on the other.
  — Kirsten Swenson, ARTnews.com, 9 Sep. 2024
• The left arm heads up a craggy knoll for a short trek to an overlook above Paloma Community Park, a nice little diversion.
  — Mare Czinar, The Arizona Republic, 31 May 2024

Last Updated: 18 Nov 2024