How to Use shaggy in a Sentence

shaggy

adjective

• The sloth bear has a grey/white snout and black shaggy fur.
  — Zachary Smith, cleveland, 25 Aug. 2023
• In the shaggy green wild of the southern Serengeti, a flash of ivory snags the eye like silk on a nail.
  — Josh Condon, Robb Report, 15 Apr. 2023
• The catastrophists are, to be sure, still a shaggy group.
  — Steven Zeitchik, Washington Post, 3 June 2022
• The grass was a bit shaggy, obscuring some of the words on LaBonge’s bronze plate.
  — Steve Lopez, Los Angeles Times, 19 Aug. 2023
• That long brown hair with the 2000s blonde highlights and the shaggy layers with bangs.
  — Aamina Inayat Khan, StyleCaster, 26 June 2024
• The breading is shaggy and crisp, the insides are moist and meaty-ish, and the food’s made fresh to order.
  — Mike Sutter, San Antonio Express-News, 5 Nov. 2021
• The 818 Tequila founder wore a shaggy brown coat with light brown faux-fur trim.
  — Chelsey Sanchez, Harper's BAZAAR, 2 May 2022
• This new crab had a shaggy, very fluffy texture to its coat.
  — Joshua Hawkins, BGR, 3 July 2022
• Commanding the wheel of one is a thin man with thick, shaggy hair.
  — John Muyskens, Washington Post, 18 Nov. 2022
• Add the flour and yeast and mix with a wooden spoon until the dough becomes a shaggy mass.
  — Tribune News Service, cleveland, 30 Aug. 2021
• The women wore moccasins; the guys were shaggy-haired and festooned in beads and bells.
  — Michael Schulman, The New Yorker, 10 Jan. 2023
• Add both flours, and pulse until a shaggy dough forms, about 10 times.
  — Sabrina Weiss, Peoplemag, 27 Nov. 2023
• The shaggy beast stood facing away, a bit over a hundred yards off.
  — Steve Meyer, Anchorage Daily News, 28 Nov. 2021
• The ultra choppy shape is fierce, shaggy and just so cool.
  — Elle Turner, Glamour, 11 Oct. 2022
• Karkai and Malavieille’s shaggy dog wandered at their feet.
  — Molly Fischer, The New Yorker, 28 Nov. 2022
• Their dense coat is neat but shaggy, and the pups only shed a couple times of year when the seasons change.
  — Jamie Ballard, Woman's Day, 3 May 2022
• When the Red Stripe beer and rum drinks start flowing here, Mexibbean will be a cool shaggy hang.
  — Matt Wake | [e-mail], al, 10 June 2022
• If dough is too sticky, add a tiny bit of flour, but keep in mind that dough should be somewhat sticky and a bit shaggy.
  — Kim Sunée, Anchorage Daily News, 17 Mar. 2022
• Hawke is tall, with the shaggy, sandy hair of a glam rocker and gangly limbs.
  — Rachel Syme, The New Yorker, 8 Apr. 2024
• The shaggy six-year-old from Palm Springs was the first of his breed to score the contest’s top prize, as reported by Reuters.
  — Rachel Cormack, Robb Report, 10 May 2023
• With a two-shot lead, his drive went left of the winding stream into a deep hole of shaggy grass near the water.
  — Doug Ferguson, orlandosentinel.com, 9 May 2021
• By trying to cram in too many details of a long, shaggy saga, the busy show strains for uplift.
  — Misha Berson, Variety, 14 June 2022
• This is mixed with a shaggy sofa in white faux fur and two prim Empire side chairs.
  — Judy Rose, Detroit Free Press, 25 Sep. 2021
• And not just any bangs, but super-cool, '70s-style bangs that are long and slightly shaggy.
  — Kaleigh Fasanella, Allure, 26 Sep. 2020
• It should be noted that Pine has been wearing his hair long and shaggy for months now.
  — Jenna Rosenstein, Harper's BAZAAR, 7 Sep. 2022
• With a baby face, shaggy red hair and a spindly frame, Preston looks more rec league than big league.
  — cleveland, 21 Mar. 2021
• Add the milk all at once and quickly stir with a fork until the dough comes together in a shaggy mass.
  — cleveland, 28 Aug. 2023
• Gresham police said the man was around 5-feet-6-inches tall with shaggy brown hair and a beard.
  — oregonlive, 18 Mar. 2021
• Mix together with a pair of chopsticks until all the flakes come together in a shaggy ball.
  — Gretchen McKay, Hartford Courant, 30 Apr. 2024
• Cutting it back to remove the shaggy parts will regenerate new, more compact growth.
  — Arricca Elin Sansone, Southern Living, 17 July 2024

Last Updated: 27 Sep 2024