How to Use jagged in a Sentence

jagged

adjective

• The top edge of the wall that once held it up was jagged and blackened.
  — Gustavo Arellano, Los Angeles Times, 15 Nov. 2023
• 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
• 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 scenery changes from city, rolling hills, jagged mountains...
  — Cnt Editors, Condé Nast Traveler, 13 Oct. 2022
• It’s shaped like an evil tulip with jagged teeth on the outside.
  — Lauren Joseph, WSJ, 14 Oct. 2022
• Long and narrow, 17 miles, give or take, the ice snakes through jagged peaks on the way to the glacier toe.
  — John Schandelmeier, Anchorage Daily News, 2 Apr. 2022
• The old stone houses seem to spill off the jagged cliffs jutting out the top of the mountain.
  — Jo Piazza, Peoplemag, 31 Mar. 2024
• 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
• 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 crowd is mostly silent, except for the jagged cries some cannot, do not, still.
  — Lydia Strohl, CNN, 13 Aug. 2022
• 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 trail will lead you to an exposed, at times jagged, cliffside.
  — Jaclyn Cosgrove, Los Angeles Times, 19 Sep. 2024
• The jagged peaks and turquoise waters give the island a screensaver vibe.
  — Alesandra Dubin, Woman's Day, 19 May 2022
• The team pried it away, protecting the animal from the jagged edges, and the bear was free.
  — Olivia Lloyd, Miami Herald, 5 June 2024
• For the teeth: My go-to is slivered almonds, the more jagged and mismatched the better.
  — Michelle Stark, Arkansas Online, 26 Oct. 2022
• The goats lounged in a mini-meadow formed in an alcove near the jagged peaks.
  — Web Behrens, chicagotribune.com, 9 Sep. 2021
• Go ahead and use your hands to tear the vegetables; the edges should look jagged and rustic.
  — Kitty Greenwald, WSJ, 3 Aug. 2021
• This is the right moment to jump off the cliff and hope to land on a pile of soft foam blocks instead of a row of jagged rocks.
  — Helene Elliott, Los Angeles Times, 27 Feb. 2024
• On the first day back to work, Jan. 3, the S&P 500 closed at an all-time high—and has traveled along a jagged downward path since.
  — Geoff Colvin, Fortune, 27 May 2022
• Your job is to shape the wound by removing loose and jagged portions.
  — Tom MacCubbin, Orlando Sentinel, 24 Sep. 2022
• The water here is known as the Northern Arm, a jagged inlet off the Atlantic Ocean.
  — Walter Nicklin, Washington Post, 13 Aug. 2022
• The lighter parts were a lot lighter than usual, the jagged mountains darker.
  — The Economist, 8 May 2021
• The rest of us will relish its dark energy and brute force, along with the jagged rhythms of its prose.
  — Gabriel Krauze, Star Tribune, 2 July 2021
• To their left was a jagged, rocky outcrop which would bring us within 200 yards of them.
  — Jack O'Connor, Outdoor Life, 2 May 2024
• Our whole lives felt jagged, slippery, but my shoes, two legs, two feet, one foot then the next did not.
  — Time, 26 Oct. 2022
• Her left femur snapped at such a sharp angle that the jagged bone ripped through her skin.
  — Ariane Lange, Sacramento Bee, 1 July 2024
• While the honing steel realigns those jagged edges, the results may not last very long.
  — Marissa Wu, Southern Living, 26 June 2023
• The western boundary is jagged, following 132nd street for the bulk of it.
  — Alec Johnson, Journal Sentinel, 22 June 2023
• Venus in Scorpio is here to smooth the jagged edges so healing can occur.
  — USA TODAY, 23 Sep. 2024
• New York Street with Moon, by contrast, is jagged, the kind of painting one’s eye stumbles over while trying take it in.
  — Alex Greenberger, ARTnews.com, 12 Sep. 2024

Last Updated: 11 Nov 2024