| 单词 | ragged |
| 例句 | The patched and ragged Sorting Hat was standing on a shelf. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z And that neck—that neck; and the blanket she wore over her head—ragged and filthy. Brave New World 1932-01-01T00:00:00Z I ran to my room, got a battered suitcase, and began packing my ragged clothes. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z His voice sounds ragged after the sleepover, like he’s been screaming at a rock concert. A Heart in a Body in the World 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z Sometimes, too, they laughed at him for being so ragged. Brave New World 1932-01-01T00:00:00Z Hazel heard a ragged, painful noise and realized it was her own breathing. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z The Grand Elder closed his eyes and calmed his ragged breathing. The Girl Who Drank the Moon 2016-08-09T00:00:00Z Not finely dressed as the others had been, in fact only one step from being ragged. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z Then the sun gleamed out of ragged clouds again and the rain lessened. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z It was like ripping a great bolt of silk, and the air fell in ragged ribbons away from her. Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z As I listened to her retreat, I allowed my hand to slide to the floor, my body shaking with ragged breaths. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z We engaged in some few brief exercises, but were ragged in our showing. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves 2009-10-13T00:00:00Z Will shaded his eyes to watch her and the other ragged, elegant figures wheel in the air and dart up over the trees. The Subtle Knife 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z Otto shouted over his shoulder, the only instruction he had time to give before leaping through the ragged hole in the wall. The Last Last-Day-of-Summer 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z He was an old Tallhart man, three trees sewn on his ragged surcoat. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z You can see the tall pines standing like an army of zombies along the shore, with stars for eyes and the wind moving their ragged arms, but they can’t find you. The Young Man and the Sea 2004-02-01T00:00:00Z Neither could any of the other prisoners, from the looks of our ragged ranks. Prisoner B-3087 2013-03-01T00:00:00Z A mob of ragged boys raced by, screeching and flailing at each other with sticks. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z “All praise R ’hllor, the Lord of Light,” the wedding guests answered in ragged chorus before a gust of ice-cold wind blew their words away. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z Jessie said as she grabbed a ragged scarf and wrapped it around her neck. The Vanderbeekers of 141st Street 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z My room, like Kitchen-Girl’s and Cook’s, is a dank hole with a low entrance and a ragged curtain that serves as a door. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z Anya gathered some up and wove a patch for the sukkah wall, then wove its ends into the wall’s ragged hole. Anya and the Nightingale 2020-11-10T00:00:00Z This close, Anya could see its knobby fingers with ragged fingernails jutting from the ends. Anya and the Nightingale 2020-11-10T00:00:00Z I glanced down at my hands and saw the ragged edges of my cuticles. The Red Umbrella 2010-04-25T00:00:00Z I’m coming, I said silently to everything I’d left behind, and headed for the single, ragged bus that would take me home. How I Live Now 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z Some wore black cloaks, some ragged skins, some nothing. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z We passed a file of inmates, all dressed in baggy pants, ragged coats, and caps, gray faces in dim light; one had one of the most crooked noses I’d ever seen. Mountains Beyond Mountains 2013-04-13T00:00:00Z Jinny, staring at the ragged brown fabric, knew she’d never be able to put things back the way they had been, but at last she had the three large cushions gripped awkwardly in her arms. Orphan Island 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z On the nightstand, a lamp with a ragged shade and a worn anatomy text. Bone Gap 2015-03-03T00:00:00Z That was the child, who began to wail, clutching at his mother’s ragged cloak. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z The ragged circle around him moved perceptibly closer. A Separate Peace 1959-01-01T00:00:00Z We both looked at the grass--there was a sharp line where my ragged lawn ended and the darker, well-kept expanse of his began. The Great Gatsby 1925-04-10T00:00:00Z The grass was ragged and soggy along the edge of the asphalt. The Book of Unknown Americans 2014-06-03T00:00:00Z A bald ghost in ragged clothes elbowed Jason in the ribs. Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z My journal is black, ragged on the edges, and nearly filled up with my daily scribbles and screams. Blended 2018-10-30T00:00:00Z Through the ragged curtains, I catch a flash of a liquid silver face. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z His voice was deep and ragged and filled with so much sadness, it registered through my pain. Harbor Me 2018-08-28T00:00:00Z The hero was jerking on the sand, the bright blood pouring from the ragged stump of his shoulder. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z Then, I wouldn’t feel I’m suffocating in the dark heat, hear Mama Ya-Ya’s breathing ragged and slow, or smell the Mississippi living in our house. Ninth Ward 2010-08-16T00:00:00Z I swing and swing ’til there’s a ragged hole around the window. Ninth Ward 2010-08-16T00:00:00Z Robb glanced over at where Stiv lay sprawled in the stream, his ragged black cloak moving fitfully as the rushing waters tugged at it. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z The peacock feathers on the side panels were torn and ragged. Rickshaw Girl 2007-02-01T00:00:00Z He was wearing a ragged blue cotton jacket with a red cloth, pincushion-like charm around his neck which was supposed to keep him from getting smallpox. Homesick 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z She puts down the book she holds, Gulliver’s Travels, and fans herself with a ragged peacock feather fan. Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z It was a ragged strip of green cloth. Hoot 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z Near them, half-moon lobster traps bleached under the heat of the sun, the salt dried to white streaks along their boards, their rope netting stiff and a bit ragged. Lizzie Bright and the Buckminster Boy 2004-05-24T00:00:00Z Men in straw hats and ragged pants and shirts, with torn sneakers or flip-flops or leather shoes without laces, were gathered around a cockfighting pit. Mountains Beyond Mountains 2013-04-13T00:00:00Z It had passed through the animal and torn a ragged slot in the last rib, where it came to rest just beneath the hide. The Omnivore's Dilemma 2006-04-11T00:00:00Z He surveyed his ragged band of brigands: near three hundred Stone Crows, Moon Brothers, Black Ears, and Burned Men, and those just the seed of the army he hoped to grow. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z But these were sacred figures in rich velvet capes and glittery robes and shepherds' cloaks beautifully stitched to look ragged with patches by the Carmelite nuns. How the García Girls Lost Their Accents 1991-01-04T00:00:00Z From a well-dressed and neat individual he became filthy and ragged. One Hundred Years of Solitude 1967-05-30T00:00:00Z I’m hauled up by hands on my upper arms, my breath still a bit ragged from getting kicked. Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z And fighting for control of the grove itself were a score or more Specters, being held back by a ragged band of ghosts. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z A little ragged girl arrives and announces, “I’ve come to help the princess cry.” Lucky Broken Girl 2017-04-11T00:00:00Z No-one bothered to look at a little ragged boy running along on bare feet. The Horse and His Boy 1954-09-06T00:00:00Z I handed the coins as usual to Puli, who thrust it into the ragged pouch which covered his manhood. Nectar in a Sieve 1954-01-01T00:00:00Z Dead grasses and rotting reeds loomed up in the mists like ragged shadows of long-forgotten summers. The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z Every year during the month of March a family of ragged gypsies would set up their tents near the village, and with a great uproar of pipes and kettledrums they would display new inventions. One Hundred Years of Solitude 1967-05-30T00:00:00Z If I feel ragged, my prep team seems in worse condition, knocking back coffee and sharing brightly colored little pills. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z Straight ahead a ragged stream of people crosses an intersection: a woman, a child, two men carrying a third on a stretcher, all three with cigarettes in their mouths. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z Beneath her, bits of broken glass cut into Koffi's palms and knees; plumes of smoke filled her lungs with every ragged breath she took. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z The wounds were deep, and he could see exposed muscles and tendons glisten yellow and pink in a devastating kind of beauty where the ragged flesh gaped open. Messenger 2004-04-26T00:00:00Z But his voice was ragged as though he, too, was going to cry. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z A number of ragged people sat huddled in doorways. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z What had been a broad avenue was fast becoming a ragged sinkhole with black water boiling up to fill it. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z With each ragged breath, more blood coursed between his fingers. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z “Let’s peel these onions,” the little ragged girl tells the princess. Lucky Broken Girl 2017-04-11T00:00:00Z His breath was ragged, and his body barely moved. Prisoner B-3087 2013-03-01T00:00:00Z Several children had added themselves to the company; they came after, jigging about in high glee, noisy and excited: a long, ragged tail-end to the procession. Nectar in a Sieve 1954-01-01T00:00:00Z Little boy hands, his mom would call them, with short-short nails and ragged cuticles. Eleanor & Park 2013-02-26T00:00:00Z “You’re winding me up,” said Harry, looking at the ragged old bit of parchment. Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban 1999-07-08T00:00:00Z He had lost both ears and a finger to frostbite, and he dressed all in black, the same as a brother of the Night's Watch, except that his furs were ragged and greasy. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z They wore trousers that looked too big or too small, sandals with ragged straps that flapped back and forth. A Thousand Splendid Suns 2007-05-22T00:00:00Z His breath was ragged, his giant hands all over me, his fingers in me, the sand burning into my back, my brand-new cherub tattoo burning into my belly. I'll Give You the Sun 2014-09-16T00:00:00Z He swung the bear viciously by one of its ragged ears and smacked her in the face. The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z The Cluny that emerged from the ragged tent in the meadow was far from being sick in the head. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z His great shock of bright yellow hair burst out in all directions, like a ragged sun. The Book of Three 1964-03-12T00:00:00Z “Are you traveling with this group?” he asked, looking over our ragged assembly. Salt to the Sea 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z She was so thin inside her ragged garment. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z Instead, the ragged tom was curled up in an egg box, contentedly snoozing. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z When he dropped the bag to reach for the bottle, it was hard to miss the ragged knuckles or the big, dusty footprint stamped on the front of his new shirt. Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z Yellow eyes peered from between the ragged split strands, and a hiss spilled from a mouth full of fangs. The Last Last-Day-of-Summer 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z He wore a faded red shirt, ragged, dusty, and dark pants ragged around his legs. The Killer Angels: The Classic Novel of the Civil War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z His garb was still ragged and filthy, but he had found time to wash and brush his hair. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z Ahead he saw the black ragged flock all driving down and in upon one point in mid-air. A Wizard of Earthsea 1968-11-01T00:00:00Z In the market square, we found ragged companies forming, several led by men habited as milkmaids. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves 2009-10-13T00:00:00Z But mostly her bag was filled with ragged newspaper and magazine articles. The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks 2010-02-02T00:00:00Z Instead, the breath shuddered inside her, and she burst into another storm of ragged tears. Orphan Island 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z It rose and fell in ragged hitches, and Pax was relieved. Pax 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z When I opened my eyes, all I saw were the Sirens—ragged vultures with human faces, ready to feed on another victim. The Sea of Monsters 2006-04-01T00:00:00Z In the fall he burned brush piles and raked leaves for Virginia Gatewood, a stick figure at twilight in cloth gloves and a threadbare mackinaw coat ragged at the elbows. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z Five minutes later, Zoe had me outfitted in a ragged flannel shirt and jeans three sizes too big, bright red sneakers, and a floppy rainbow hat. The Titan's Curse 2007-05-11T00:00:00Z After a while Neeley came in, crawled under his cot and pulled out a ragged catcher’s mitt. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z He’d been trying not to look beyond the ragged edge of the backyard to the bulldozed mess of branches, trunks, leaves, and mud that had once been his beloved woods. Among the Hidden 1998-03-01T00:00:00Z The most surprising thing about it was that those ragged pants he was wearing had any pockets left that would hold anything. The Season of Styx Malone 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z Omakayas decided to set this last bird free and she gently undid the basswood fiber twine from a sharp black-clawed foot, its neck, a ragged baby feathered wing. The Birchbark House 1999-07-21T00:00:00Z “Hassan said your copy was old and ragged, and that some of the pages were missing,” Ali said. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z Then there was the ragged bark of the newspaper editor, a tone that coupled wisdom with an unlimited capacity for cruelty. Me Talk Pretty One Day 2000-05-02T00:00:00Z What was missing was any demonstration of ragged, childish enthusiasm. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z By the time she left, she’d have bitten her nails and cuticles ragged, and her mother would shake her head and say she was going to make her wear gloves. Beauty Queens 2011-05-24T00:00:00Z They seemed unwashed and desperate, like William Hale, who would eventually appear on his horse, in his ragged clothes—this man from nowhere. Killers of the Flower Moon 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z There’s not much to boast of here—two ragged, stained, and dirty uniforms. All Quiet on the Western Front: A Novel 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z When Edd caught sight of the ragged band of wildlings, he pursed his lips and gave the giant a long look. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z My tongue felt the ragged edge of a broken tooth. Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z He wore only boxers and ragged scraps of a terrycloth robe. Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children 2011-06-07T00:00:00Z The Slammer stood in an obscure place between the Homestead and the north Glade wall, hidden behind thorny, ragged bushes that looked like they hadn’t been trimmed in ages. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z I guess I was proud of my family, with our ragged shoes and stringy hair; we were still kings among men. The Marrow Thieves 2017-05-10T00:00:00Z By the time I had my fishing gear in the back of the truck and my lunch sack on the front seat, R.C. showed up, looking ragged and red-eyed. Mississippi Trial, 1955 2002-05-27T00:00:00Z The bank was a muddy slope covered in ragged weeds. Hope Springs 2021-08-10T00:00:00Z Atticus Finch had watched Henry’s ragged pursuit of his daughter with benign objectivity, giving advice when asked for it, but absolutely declining to become involved. Go Set a Watchman: A Novel 2015-07-14T00:00:00Z Beneath this was a collection of yellow newspaper cuttings, all stuck together to make a ragged collage. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z The dead clansmen were thin, ragged men, their horses scrawny and undersized, with every rib showing. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z He studied her thin face, her ragged hair, the way her skin clung to her bones. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z They kept coming, with bundles on their heads, children riding on their mothers’ shoulders, all of them ragged, dirty, the children naked. Harriet Tubman: Conductor on the Underground Railroad 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z They were dirty and wet, their sleeves ragged, and their mother kissed each of their unshaven cheeks twice. The Light in Hidden Places 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z They rowed anyway, some of them attired in ragged sweat suits, some, incongruously, in shorts and stocking caps. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z Covering the table was a large map of the north, painted on a ragged piece of hide. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z She and Uncle Vernon went off to the lumpy bed next door, and Harry was left to find the softest bit of floor he could and to cud up under the thinnest, most ragged blanket. Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone 1997-06-26T00:00:00Z Her pulse was frantic, her breathing ragged, and it seemed impossible that people could live at all with such flimsy stuff as skin keeping blood, breath, and spirit safe inside their bodies. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z She slowly peeled off the ragged shift she wore. Copper Sun 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z Day by day she sat beside her tom gunny sack selling handfuls of nuts and berries, growing progressively older, more ragged, less healthy. Nectar in a Sieve 1954-01-01T00:00:00Z He leveled McWatt out with another harsh cry and whipped him upward and around again into a ragged blue patch of unpolluted air just as the bombs he had dropped began to strike. Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z They were ragged and looked more like the work of beavers. Where the Red Fern Grows 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z Then he loosened something, and a ragged gap of light appeared, like the hole in a wall. The Bell Jar 1963-01-14T00:00:00Z In the mirror, Ash saw a pale, expressionless face with wide brown eyes, and where there had once been a smooth length of dark brown hair, now she saw ragged edges pointing every which way. Ash 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z He tried to ride a steer in a pasture, got tossed onto the ragged edge of a fallen tree, and limped home with his gashed knee bound in a handkerchief. Unbroken 2010-11-16T00:00:00Z A young jockey named George Woolf, aboard for one of these woeful performances, summed up the colt’s mental state in four words: “mean, restive and ragged.” Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z Her voice is ragged, the ripped chords of an Eat’n Park hostess back home. Better Nate Than Ever 2013-02-05T00:00:00Z The moon was partially hidden behind ragged summer thunderheads, but the agent could still see the surrounding landscape. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z The map was ragged, so thumbed that it had grown as supple as a piece of chamois. In Cold Blood 1966-01-01T00:00:00Z She has slim, small hands with unpolished nails and ragged cuticles. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z A ragged blanket of white covered the tom and tortured earth that stretched from the Wall to the edge of the haunted forest. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z It throbs, the pain coming in staggering pulses, like a second, ragged heartbeat. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z When I’m finally sucking in ragged breaths, he kisses my head. Merci Suárez Changes Gears 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z He’d sneak into cities disguised in ragged beggar’s clothes and hand out gold coins to kids living on the streets. I Survived the American Revolution, 1776 2017-08-01T00:00:00Z “Your daughter looks tired. If you wish, she may climb into my cart,” a ragged man on the road said. Taking Flight: From War Orphan to Star Ballerina 2014-01-01T00:00:00Z A week later he was back with six barefoot and ragged soldiers, armed with shotguns, and an oxcart in which his wife and seven daughters were traveling. One Hundred Years of Solitude 1967-05-30T00:00:00Z That day, I held her limp hand and watched as her breathing grew ragged, as eventually there were long pauses between her inhales. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z “Tell Mr. Blakeslee I cain’t come today,” he said, putting his scaly hands in the pockets of his dirty, ragged overalls. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z The segment opened with a genteel docent standing before a Rembrandt painting and addressing a group of unshaven men dressed in ragged clothing. Me Talk Pretty One Day 2000-05-02T00:00:00Z After a moment he heard the sounds of Penny hurrying after him, down a sandy slope to a circle of ragged tents. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z A pair of captain’s bars ulcerated with rust hung on the man’s ragged shirt collar. Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z Just as the boys reached the lot in which there was a ragged diamond tramped out, a little yellow butterfly flew across the weeds. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z Presently they were in among a clump of ragged leafless shrubs, useless either for concealment or as protection from the wind. 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z Nearby was a pile of dusty ragged sheets that Granny had kept draped over the upholstered parlor furniture. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z A wave swelling in under the ragged fog took him and rolled him over and over and flung him up like a stick of driftwood on the sand. A Wizard of Earthsea 1968-11-01T00:00:00Z Her hair is a sad, ragged helmet, like she’s the loser in the war. A Heart in a Body in the World 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z He's never married and is always getting ragged about being homosexual. How the García Girls Lost Their Accents 1991-01-04T00:00:00Z He wears ragged brown clothing and skin sags from his jaw. Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z They floated, her palms little ragged cups bobbing on the surface, the water weaving in and out of her fingers. The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z My friends, when I had them, pretty much just ragged on me and took my seat when I left the room anyway. It’s Kind of a Funny Story 2006-04-02T00:00:00Z If anything, Shay*s hands were in worse shape, red and dry and cracked with the ragged edges of burst blisters. Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z He collected a small following of happy boys, one small ragged girl with a beautiful, delicate face. The Killer Angels: The Classic Novel of the Civil War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z I put on my ragged clothes and stepped outside to stretch and yawn while soaking in the sunshine and warmth. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z He was as ragged as a rock star, but his missing teeth and the unhealthy pallor of his skin spoke eloquently of a life of privation and despair. The God of Small Things 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z Still Ged waited, one hand on the yew-wood mast of his boat, staring into the icy drizzle that slowly drove in ragged lines across the sea from the north. A Wizard of Earthsea 1968-11-01T00:00:00Z But a few minutes later the road turned a corner and began to run along an old pasture dotted with gnarled fruit trees in ragged bloom. Pax 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z There were perhaps a hundred in all, in ragged rows of pale gold down which Betty’s metal spatula dug and scraped and turned. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z I could literally smell his sweat, hear every ragged breath, every cry, every cut of the whip. Kindred 1979-06-01T00:00:00Z He pointed to an old man dressed in ragged clothes trudging down a dirt path, a large burlap pack filled with scrub grass tied to his back. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z He looked down at his hands, which were covered in scratches and blood, his fingernails torn and ragged, aching from the labor. A Monster Calls 2011-05-05T00:00:00Z Now that he has both hands on his gun, I notice the ragged hole in his cheek where something—falling stone maybe—punctured the flesh. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z I sailed into the office and shoved my ragged composition book under the nose of the man who called himself the editor. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z “I haven’t hibernated in three years. I’m ragged from it. Him too.” Anya and the Nightingale 2020-11-10T00:00:00Z Climbing along the blade of the summit ridge, sucking gas into my ragged lungs, I enjoyed a strange, unwarranted sense of calm. Into Thin Air 1996-08-01T00:00:00Z She had a new scar on her chin, and her dirty blond hair had been cut short and ragged, like someone had attacked it with a pair of safety scissors. The Titan's Curse 2007-05-11T00:00:00Z The motor was ragged and loud — I was riding something the sound and speed of a lawn mower. Endangered 2012-10-01T00:00:00Z Then he realized others were entering through the remaining three Glade openings, all of them running and looking as ragged as the guy who’d just whisked by him. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z Worse, they looked ragged, clearly knackered by the heat, and were wandering from one side of the course to the other. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z The dress was tight across her newly budding chest, and it hung unevenly to just above her ankles in a ragged hem. Lyddie 1991-02-01T00:00:00Z We came to a firebreak and Papa plunged into it, began to cut a twisty path across its emptiness, shouting “Hyah! Hyahl,” gouging ragged tracks through the dusty sand. Farewell to Manzanar 1973-01-01T00:00:00Z The white dress she’d taken the care to wash out every day was ragged. Beauty Queens 2011-05-24T00:00:00Z He wore a ragged red kefta and was clutching the sleeve of the guard closest to him, lips moving feverishly as if imparting some desperate wisdom. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z A ragged drift of fur at the top was bright cinnamon. Pax 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z With her ragged black hair and her black punk clothes, an old wool overcoat wrapped around her, she looked like some kind of huge raven, completely out of place in the white landscape. The Titan's Curse 2007-05-11T00:00:00Z The fountain spurted a few inches into the air from a rough length of pipe, threw up its hands, collapsed and drowned its ragged dribble in a stone basin of yellowing water. The Bell Jar 1963-01-14T00:00:00Z I guess I saw him through Pink’s eyes that morning, because I was embarrassed all of a sudden, how seedy Grandpa Tweedy looked in ragged overalls, his beard so long and scraggly. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z Behind them Jam could hear Hibiscus’s voice, ragged and pleading, saying how he would tell them everything, everything, if they could just please make sure it didn’t come back for him. Pet 2019-09-10T00:00:00Z The markets were crowded with ragged men selling their household goods for any price they could get . . . and conspicuously empty of farmers selling food. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z And rising through it in ones and twos and larger groups as well came small black shadows, those ragged figures of such elegance, witches on their branches of cloud-pine. The Golden Compass 1995-07-01T00:00:00Z Had I been raised with the tradition of stuffed animals, I would have hugged my bear or stuffed dog or rabbit, salting the ragged fur with my tears all night. How the García Girls Lost Their Accents 1991-01-04T00:00:00Z It was the skeleton of a Union soldier, though the uniform it wore was so ragged and filthy it was difficult to identify. Across Five Aprils 1964-01-01T00:00:00Z There was no answer, just the sound of the rain and the wind stripping the trees, filling the air with ragged yellow leaves. The Old Willis Place 2004-09-20T00:00:00Z I was relieved to see that she had slipped into a thin ragged housecoat—even though it had holes in all the wrong places—and I could look directly at her for the first time. Flowers for Algernon 1959-05-01T00:00:00Z All the girls but Rachel generally ran ragged, so this must have been—for our family—a Sunday, a coincidence of our big day and the villagers’. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z And she took their ragged clothes and with thread she herself spun on a bamboo spindle from a wad of cotton she mended and contrived to cover the rents in their winter clothes. The Good Earth 1931-03-02T00:00:00Z The stew was thick with barley, carrot, and onion, with here and there a ragged shred of salt beef, softened in the cooking. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z I must look a ragged thing, and starved, she thought, but if the days stay warm, I will not freeze. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z She bent one knee and dug the toe of a ragged gym shoe into the dirt. Bone Gap 2015-03-03T00:00:00Z His skin became ragged and dry, sagged into pathetic folds on top of itself. Shadowshaper 2015-06-30T00:00:00Z Instead of being the warm center of the world the middle-west now seemed like the ragged edge of the universe--so I decided to go east and learn the bond business. The Great Gatsby 1925-04-10T00:00:00Z When she was done she painted the skin with red ointment, covered it with more leaves, and bound the breast in a ragged piece of lambskin. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z He looked at the pilot, and the plane, and down at himself— dirty and ragged, burned and lean and tough—and he coughed to clear his throat. Hatchet 1987-01-01T00:00:00Z Over my hair I tied a ragged length of linen. Ella Enchanted 1998-09-01T00:00:00Z “Hello,” they called, and their voices, faint and ragged, were almost one voice floating up to me. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z This close it’s easier to see details, like the ragged red ribbons at the ends of her braids and her sickly yellow eyes. Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z The music grew louder, and as I rounded the bend near the train tracks, I felt the warmth radiating from the bonfire, saw the glow on the rough and ragged faces. Moon Over Manifest 2010-10-12T00:00:00Z When she arrived, she discovered that the ragged breathing of more than two hundred hysterical guests had fogged the glass. The Incorrigible Children of Ashton Place: Book I: The Mysterious Howling 2011-01-25T00:00:00Z The sun sank down behind a ragged line of trees in the distance and the sky paled. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z A ragged tunic concealed the half-healed scars on his back, but his boots were scattered amidst the rushes, and his breeches tangled about his feet. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z Half their size, it dove through the scribble of their ragged, stinking wings, driving them back with its piercing cry. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z He could see a long way off through the trees, and there were ragged bodies in the fields, groups of men digging, cutting trees for cover. The Killer Angels: The Classic Novel of the Civil War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z By day thin plumes of smoke hung against the sky like ragged grey ribbons. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z His stallion’s spotted hindquarters were covered with ragged strips of cloth tom from the surcoats of men his master had slain. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z Each had brought a tail of fighting men—five for Old Flint, twelve for The Norrey, all clad in ragged skins and studded leathers, fearsome as the face of winter. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z So while Mackenzie runs herself ragged in game temples, I wander through my neighborhood making random turns, maybe in search of my own boss key. Challenger Deep 2015-04-15T00:00:00Z The jousting went all day and into the dusk, the hooves of the great warhorses pounding down the lists until the field was a ragged wasteland of tom earth. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z She stumbled to her knees, arms crossed over her chest, her breath ragged. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z Robb drew a map across the table, a ragged piece of old leather covered with lines of faded paint. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z Yet now he was smiling through his ragged salt-streaked beard in a way that the queen could scarce remember. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z The thump of a thousand Jackboots was now the shuffle of ragged shoes; instead of the roar of tanks, the crickety click of cart wheels. Milkweed 2003-09-09T00:00:00Z A ragged, legless beggar sat by the gate. The Shakespeare Stealer 1998-05-01T00:00:00Z By standing on his hind legs he could just rest his forepaws on the ragged lip of the hole. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z In my slow, painstaking, ragged handwriting, I copied into my tablet everything printed on that first page, down to the punctuation marks. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z Finally she gets this idea to cut the rope on the ragged edge of the boiler. Freak The Mighty 1993-10-01T00:00:00Z “Excuse me, Miss. Have you seen my granddaughter, Mattie? She must be around here somewhere. Filthy little urchin, she is, wearing a grimy dress and a ragged cap.” Fever 1793 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z Antonapoulos always turned the wicks so that only a ragged fringe of gold and blue could be seen inside each burner. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z It was filthy and ragged and its hair was tangled with twigs and leaves. The Old Willis Place 2004-09-20T00:00:00Z Longstreet smiled his ragged smile, grumbled, jerked a finger over his shoulder. The Killer Angels: The Classic Novel of the Civil War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z His ears were nothing but shapeless shreds, ragged at the edges, seamed with ill-knit scars and beaded here and there with lumps of proud, bare flesh. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z She could hear its heavy footfall and ragged breath, even more real now than it had been that night in Flatbush. Shadowshaper 2015-06-30T00:00:00Z He had the air of an aristocrat and as he turned to gaze at Blackberry from his great brown eyes, Hazel began to see himself as a ragged wanderer, leader of a gang of vagabonds. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z And yet there she was, whirling, a scrawny thing, ragged, wild, her hair atangle. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z The camp swarms with rateros and killers but mostly with ragged people like me, who have dreams so close that still may not ever be lived. Beast Rider 2019-03-01T00:00:00Z With man’s instinct to capture anything running, flying, swimming or crawling, they gave chase, throwing their ragged caps at it in advance of their coming. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z It’s Will’s voice, ragged, coming between sharp, shallow breaths. Five Feet Apart 2018-11-20T00:00:00Z He thought how the rats had gnawed ragged holes in the red saddle, and how the mice had nibbled Gabilan’s tail until it was stringy and thin. The Red Pony 1937-01-01T00:00:00Z My brother’s ragged sweater and sievelike moccasins are the clothes he studies in. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z His eyes were as red as the blood of the ragged man who had died that morning. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z His clothes are ragged but well kept, though his pants are too short and may have once been blue or brown or green but have faded too much to be certain. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z Their horses were left behind as well, poor ragged things. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z A squadron of flying machines, which had been getting the better of a ragged battle with Lord Asriel’s gyropters, wheeled in the sky and made off to the west. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z Mrs. Milgrom was laid in the cart and covered with a ragged scrap of cabbage-colored wool that had once been a blanket. Milkweed 2003-09-09T00:00:00Z Her flesh had grown as thin and ragged as Lannister hopes. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z Down the road came twenty or thirty tired and ragged men. Johnny Tremain 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z When I find water in a ditch, I strain it through my ragged shirt and drink drink. Beast Rider 2019-03-01T00:00:00Z Theresa tipped the can over; the squirrel, looking ragged, scooted toward liberation. Typical American 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z I was still ragged and frequently hungry, but I was in no real danger of starving. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z One was clad in ragged brown and was armed with a bow of horn; it was of a small breed, black-skinned, with wide and snuffling nostrils: evidently a tracker of some kind. The Return of the King 1955-10-20T00:00:00Z She is about 16 years of age, and is a bright mulatto, about the ordinary height, with straight hair and tolerable good features—she has a ragged scar on her neck occasioned by a burn. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z One leg dangled, torn away from the body, held there only by an oozing bit of ragged tissue. Messenger 2004-04-26T00:00:00Z He limped noticeably, and he was dressed in a ragged version of the clothing of the whites. Copper Sun 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z Ess held up a worn and ragged book, with a picture on the front of a sleeping monster and a sailboat. Orphan Island 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z He looked about as young as Muthu, but his clothes were even more ragged. The Bridge Home 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z She listened to their breathing: That is Nag; that is Rida with her one ragged exhalation every other minute. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z With him were a pair of ragged peasant boys from the Fingers. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z He was dressed in a black suit, old-fashioned in style but neat, not ragged. Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH 1970-06-01T00:00:00Z It dropped the ragged thing it was carrying at his feet, then landed heavily on his shoulder. Harry Potter And The Chamber Of Secrets 1998-07-02T00:00:00Z The evil spell is broken, and the little ragged girl and her poor mother are given a nice house next to the castle where they live happily ever after. Lucky Broken Girl 2017-04-11T00:00:00Z Seth moved around the shack, not taking his eyes from the ragged woman in the doorway. Fablehaven 2006-07-30T00:00:00Z They took a bus to a place Rasheed called the Shar-e-Nau Park, where children pushed each other on swings and slapped volleyballs over ragged nets tied to tree trunks. A Thousand Splendid Suns 2007-05-22T00:00:00Z The left cheek was peeled back in three ragged strips. The Things They Carried 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z He wore a ragged tweed jacket, a skullcap, and a pair of eyeglasses with one chipped lens resting on the tip of his nose. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z He stopped to draw in a ragged breath. Pet 2019-09-10T00:00:00Z Her dark hair is tied in a ragged lace handkerchief, and her curved jawbone is fit with large, false-pearl earrings, as if these headlamps from another world might show the way. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z “So,” she said, her voice ragged with both tears and smoke. Far from the Tree 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z A ragged skin had been hung across the narrow window to keep the damp out, and a slab of peat smoldered in a brazier. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z I considered getting up to turn on the fan but only sat there staring through the panes at the milky-blue sky, a sad, ragged feeling catching hold inside. The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z He'd been dreaming happily of his ragged but carefree life before he'd been plucked from the streets and sewers of the city to serve as royal whipping boy. The Whipping Boy 1986-04-01T00:00:00Z The ragged cut rock surrounding us seemed to close in. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z When something brushed against her leg, she almost jumped out of her skin, but it was only a cat, a ragged black tom with a chewed-off ear. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z Yet, for all this rare color, his clothing was ragged, torn, and patched in many parts, enough so that I could see his dirty, hairy skin in several spots. Crispin: The Cross of Lead 2002-06-01T00:00:00Z The man’s ragged out, he gets down tight on their case. The Things They Carried 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z The first attack was very short: a ragged fire. The Killer Angels: The Classic Novel of the Civil War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z It was wrinkled and dirty, its edges ragged. When I Was Puerto Rican 1993-09-20T00:00:00Z At one end of the hall at which he found himself, heedless justice in threadbare robes were biting their fingernails or closing their eyelids, at the other end was a ragged rabble. A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z “You must be,” Minli whispered to the ragged, disappearing figure, “the king!” Where the Mountain Meets the Moon 2009-07-01T00:00:00Z “I would be faithless if I looked the other way when his son has fallen upon evil days. Still—” Zau’s ragged eyebrows lifted arrogantly. The Golden Goblet 1961-04-24T00:00:00Z I was drawing ragged breaths just from the effort of packing a few of my belongings into a brown paper bag. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z In the northernmost realms of Prydain many trees were already leafless, and among the branches clung the ragged shapes of empty nests. The Black Cauldron 1965-06-01T00:00:00Z The sun was feeble, wrapped in ragged gray clouds. The Black Cauldron 1965-06-01T00:00:00Z Against the sky in the cave entrance Juana could see that Kino was taking off his white clothes, for dirty and ragged though they were they would show up against the dark night. The Pearl 1947-01-01T00:00:00Z If not for the ragged state sashes they still wore, it would be hard to tell them apart. Beauty Queens 2011-05-24T00:00:00Z The little ragged girl curtsies and replies, “I promise, Your Majesty, I will bring no harm upon your daughter. I just want to help her.” Lucky Broken Girl 2017-04-11T00:00:00Z The mother tried to open the Kleenex in her lap, but it was too ragged to spread out. How the García Girls Lost Their Accents 1991-01-04T00:00:00Z Her feet were nothing more than ragged flesh. Messenger 2004-04-26T00:00:00Z Olanna saw the four ragged soldiers carrying a corpse on their shoulders. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z But finally the water cleared from Derek’s throat and the coughing stopped, though his breathing was still ragged. The River 1991-06-01T00:00:00Z The heavy sword hanging from his shoulders by a length of cord thumped against him as he urged his legs forward: the breath rose ragged in his throat. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z There were groups of men dressed in ragged, filthy clothing, drinking from liquor bottles as they chatted. Warriors Don't Cry: A Searing Memoir of the Battle to Integrate Little Rock's Central High 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z Arya thought it tasted wonderful, but Yoren was too angry to eat: A cloud seemed to hang over him, ragged and black as his cloak. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z Then all three of them took deep, ragged breaths and walked in through the door into endless night. The Devil's Arithmetic 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z All the young men got on their feet now, laughing, to crowd around the ragged pair. The Odyssey 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z She waited until her heart had calmed before she dropped the washrag back into the bucket, her breathing ragged. Ophie's Ghosts 2021-05-18T00:00:00Z A ten-foot trunk remained upright, its ragged top charred where lightning had struck. Touching Spirit Bear 2001-01-09T00:00:00Z “What’s to be done, Blackberry?” he asked, making his way to the bolt fixed on the bow, with its ragged remnant of painter. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z I selected that one and headed to the backyard, grabbing a ragged old quilt from the linen cupboard at the top of the stairs on my way down. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z As she sipped the buttered tea, she would sometimes tell about the Underground Railroad, and that first trip she made to Canada, and how all of them were ragged, hungry, dirty, cold and afraid. Harriet Tubman: Conductor on the Underground Railroad 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z The voice on the other end was ragged. The Parker Inheritance 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z He removed the dirty card from the ragged envelope. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z He was not dressed in sleek furs, but in thin and ragged robes. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z I unwind the wool scarf from around my head, folding it to hide its ragged ends, and hand my papers to him. The Light in Hidden Places 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z The person in the mirror looks ragged, with her uneven skin and tired eyes, but she looks like me. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z It was looking a bit ragged these days. The Rock and the River 2009-01-06T00:00:00Z “Silly,” Camilla was whispering—and I caught a glimpse of ragged, fluttering cloth, streaked with mud—“you took the wrong ones. We can’t bring them back like this.” The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z He watched the ragged outline take shape in the mist. Carry On, Mr. Bowditch 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z She knew he would be crawling under the cabin, so she made him put on last year’s worn-out overalls and a ragged jacket of his father’s that came down to his knees. Sounder 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z The cement floor was a jungle of boxes, ragged pants, overalls, jackets, bicycles, unwashed pots and pans, opened cans of fish, empty beer bottles and cartons, old newspapers, greasy underwear and frayed suitcases. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z And so they were: ragged elegant black shapes sweeping past high above, with a hiss and swish of air through the needles of the cloud-pine branches they flew on. The Golden Compass 1995-07-01T00:00:00Z Dany could hear the singing of the red priests as they lit their night fires and the shouts of ragged children playing games beyond the walls of the estate. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z A ragged wall of flame moved through the flowers, giving off a wave of blistering heat. Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z By 5:00 A.M. the first hint of daylight glowed dimly in the east, and daybreak brought a chilly, misty, overcast day with snow squalls driving in ragged veils across the ice. Shipwreck at the Bottom of the World 1998-11-17T00:00:00Z He was cloaked in shadows too, in wisps of ragged grey mist, half-seen, sliding across his face and form with every step he took. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z A ragged Kleenex poked from her other hand, which was tucked in front of her, balled into a tight fist. Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z I emptied a bureau drawer full of ragged, baby-stained old quilts into a big box. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z Alicia takes a long ragged breath, and then wills herself to calm down. Things Not Seen 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z His hair had burned away, leaving only ragged patches. Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z With my messy ponytails and dress from the bargain basement, I feel like the fairy tale’s ragged girl with the basket of onions when I’m around Miss Mademoiselle Danielle. Lucky Broken Girl 2017-04-11T00:00:00Z He’d heard that sometimes a surge could move the coastline inland as much as a mile, turning beaches and trees into a murky swamp sea, the new ragged tide line of rising sea levels. Ship Breaker 2010-05-01T00:00:00Z Then the weakened roots, having grown accustomed to the poison, responded one day to severe pressure, and the tooth fell free, leaving a ragged stump behind. The Bluest Eye 1970-01-01T00:00:00Z Finally his lord father gave a command, and two of his guardsmen dragged the ragged man to the ironwood stump in the center of the square. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z Its grass was ragged and brown, and the chalked yard lines had faded to a pale yellow. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z Washington could slow down Howe, but his ragged army had little chance of keeping the British from sending troops from New York to occupy Philadelphia. George Washington, Spymaster 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z They are ragged and dirty, but these things do not hide their love. Beast Rider 2019-03-01T00:00:00Z Like all of them she wore ragged and faded clothes and looked anxious. Red Scarf Girl: A Memoir of the Cultural Revolution 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z Tiller and Sairy gaped at the ragged hole chopped in the side of the barn. Ruby Holler 2002-02-01T00:00:00Z Lyra’s furs looked ragged and they stank, but they kept the warmth in. The Golden Compass 1995-07-01T00:00:00Z Rons ragged breathing came from near the bed; Hermione was quite silent. Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban 1999-07-08T00:00:00Z Most of these ragged men had nothing beyond what they took in the day’s labor and begging, and he was always conscious that he was not truly one of them. The Good Earth 1931-03-02T00:00:00Z He was big, and tough; an evil rat with ragged fur and curved, jagged teeth. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z So she went to Mama Yemo Hospital, the hospital of last resort for the city’s poor, and spent hours waiting in a casualty ward jammed with ragged people and children. The Hot Zone 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z My ragged breathing is the only sound in the room. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z “This isn’t how it works, Jinny,” said Ben, surveying the ragged cushions and the destroyed couch. Orphan Island 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z A ragged cheer rose up below as the captives below saw her fly past and realized that someone was making an escape. Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z The plantation was beginning to have a ragged, uncared for look. Harriet Tubman: Conductor on the Underground Railroad 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z Off came the last ragged garment, down went the crutches, and with a “Whoosh!” he was into the water with the others and away with the current. The Door in the Wall 1949-01-03T00:00:00Z From a nearby crab apple tree, a small ball of confused bees hung like a ragged skein of yarn. Bone Gap 2015-03-03T00:00:00Z Lest he freeze, he wore a ragged sweater over the ensemble. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z But that lonely figure in the ragged flapping shawl — it was easy enough to imagine any sort of mysterious brew in that pot! The Witch of Blackbird Pond 1958-12-01T00:00:00Z On the ragged edge, a neat person had printed in blue ink, “P.A.” and the year the actor, dancer, or musician had graduated. When I Was Puerto Rican 1993-09-20T00:00:00Z The page came out with a ragged tear and the pencil turned out to be a green one, but that would have to do. Ugly 2013-08-20T00:00:00Z I drew breaths in ragged jags, my heart raced, and my skin burned. We Are the Ants 2016-01-19T00:00:00Z I chuckled and took a deep, ragged breath. Here to Stay 2018-09-08T00:00:00Z Sørlle gaped in astonishment at the three ragged castaways, and then turned his head away and wept. Shipwreck at the Bottom of the World 1998-11-17T00:00:00Z At the front of the bus, Billie picks up a pair of Chris’s patched, ragged jeans and, closing her eyes, presses them to her face. Into the Wild 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z They were huge ragged rodents, bigger than any he had ever seen. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z Looking at the man, with his crippled foot and greasy ragged tunic tied closed with woven palm fronds, it wasn’t hard to believe he was close to starvation. Endangered 2012-10-01T00:00:00Z He turned: There was Lucius Malfoy sitting in the darkest corner, ragged and still bearing the marks of the punishment he had received after the boy’s last escape. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z Directly in front of him she drank the last champagne in her glass, delicately struck the rim on the table, and jammed the ragged edge against his cheek. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z One of Jonas’s arms was immobilized with pain, and he could see through his own torn sleeve something that looked like ragged flesh and splintery bone. The Giver 1993-04-01T00:00:00Z I heard a noise and ducked behind a ragged bush. Full of Beans 2016-01-01T00:00:00Z She closed her eyes and took a deep, ragged breath. Dactyl Hill Squad 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z They turned into long ragged claws and grabbed him violently by the arm. The Invention of Hugo Cabret 2007-01-30T00:00:00Z All he could see of his forearm was ripped shirt and ragged torn flesh. Touching Spirit Bear 2001-01-09T00:00:00Z A ragged cry, but a cry just the same. A Bird Will Soar 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z She has to live up high in his nest, dirty and ragged, eating rotten meat. The Ugly One 2013-06-11T00:00:00Z He looked around her tidy farm, listened to her ragged, wet cough, and moved in. Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z “They’re like knives. They cut my clothes”— she examined the ruined dress, with its long ragged tears— “but they don’t quite reach my flesh. It’s as if they’re waiting. Teasing me.” Messenger 2004-04-26T00:00:00Z Malcolm pulled the canoe away from the water and into ragged shrubbery at the edge of the lawn, and then slumped down beside it. The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage 2017-10-19T00:00:00Z Instead, I have my pots of paint and my ragged pages. The One and Only Ivan 2012-01-17T00:00:00Z The sky was a ragged blaze of red and pink and orange, and its double trembled on the surface of the pond like color spilled from a paintbox. Tuck Everlasting 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z They lined up in front of Frank, putting their shields together in a ragged defensive formation. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z Tree-ear dropped the ragged weed he was holding and stole around to the window at the side of the house. A Single Shard 2001-04-23T00:00:00Z It was a Cyclops in ragged jeans and a flannel shirt. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z She was at it all week for more than eight hours a day, until her back and neck ached, and ragged curls of unfurling ampersands swam across her vision. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z Over the next few months, as the extent of the devastation settled in, the trickle of ragged refugees that Joe Rantz had witnessed heading west the previous summer became a torrent. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z The ; gelding plunged down the bank as the ragged men closed. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z This ragged group then joined several hundred American prisoners of war on a forced trek to Mampo, a small town on the Yalu River, which forms the border between North Korea and China. Spies: The Secret Showdown Between America and Russia 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z I will not bow to such a one, last of a ragged house long bereft of lordship and dignity.’ The Return of the King 1955-10-20T00:00:00Z As the little ragged girl and the princess pull apart the layers of the onions, the tears start pouring from both their eyes. Lucky Broken Girl 2017-04-11T00:00:00Z Staring up through the ragged branches of the acacia to the stars, spangling the dark sky, he could see only the kindly face of Rekh the goldsmith rising before him in reproach. The Golden Goblet 1961-04-24T00:00:00Z But here and there small purple flowers shone iridescently, and in the upturned earth and ragged dunes a few delicate asters grew; for some reason, hundreds of tiny fuzzy caterpillers were chewing on the asters. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z He would have felt it incumbent on him to supply his granddaughter with clothes if she were indecently clad or if she were ragged or cold, but not to marry in. Absalom, Absalom! 1936-01-01T00:00:00Z When you look at the moon through a telescope you cannot see mountains, but the ragged terminator indicates that mountains are there. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z The tents we'd seen previously had been torn apart, and their ragged canvas flapped limply in the fetid breeze. City of the Plague God 2021-01-12T00:00:00Z I cry as the river takes us away, my words ragged things torn from me, my chest pulled so tight I can’t barely breathe. The Knife of Never Letting Go 2008-05-05T00:00:00Z Chamberlain could see the men shuffling, strange pathetic spectacle, dusty, dirty, ragged men, heads down, faces down: it reminded him of a history- book picture of impressed seamen in the last war with England. The Killer Angels: The Classic Novel of the Civil War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z The basket was covered with a clean ragged cloth. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z The gates were opened, and a ragged bunch of prisoners were marched back inside, all beaten and bloodied. Prisoner B-3087 2013-03-01T00:00:00Z There was a ragged strip of grass bordering the street, and as Jake walked along the ground seemed to rise nearer to his face. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z Donovan felt the ragged edges of the opening that looked out into what the cautious flashlight showed to be a larger and obviously main-stem tunnel. I, Robot 1950-12-02T00:00:00Z She saw that she was inadequately dressed against the raw November day in a threadbare cotton dress, ragged little sweater and thin cotton stockings. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z Ugwu did not want to go into that ragged bazaar but he steeled himself and walked toward a man sitting on the ground with a red-stained rag wound around his head. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z Not too surprising, I suppose, that she would forget a ragged boy she’d only known for a few days on the road. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z She took a ragged breath and managed to sit up. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z The first report was very bad, and Buford rode over and took command, but it was only concussion and Gamble was back on his feet in a few moments, ragged and dirty. The Killer Angels: The Classic Novel of the Civil War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z He saw them outlined in lightning, black ragged figures rising around him. The Killer Angels: The Classic Novel of the Civil War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z Instead of dispersing, they coalesced into him, clustering in the folds of his ragged cloak, disappearing into his mouth, and flying around his head like a screaming halo. City of the Plague God 2021-01-12T00:00:00Z They went slowly along the foot of the bank, pushing in and out of the clumps of red campion and ragged robin. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z Like a crow, Ada liked shiny things, and with them she had transformed her dull, ragged coat into a sparkling work of art. City of the Plague God 2021-01-12T00:00:00Z Elsewhere, two ragged boys no older than Bran were dueling with sticks, to the loud encouragement of some and the furious curses of others. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z “Aisling,” she said in a ragged voice, “your father — he is not well.” Ash 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z My skin was grimy with dirt, my nails long and ragged. The Old Willis Place 2004-09-20T00:00:00Z I yank at the ragged hem of my shift, wishing desperately for the shapeless, ankle-length skirt I wear during the day. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z Now, huddled inside the ragged quilt, she was sucked down, in spite of herself, into a black whirlpool of slumber, where nightmare phantoms whirled with her, nearer and nearer, toward some unknown horror. The Witch of Blackbird Pond 1958-12-01T00:00:00Z He replaced his ragged trousers and cowboy hat with a dandified suit and a bow tie and a felt hat, his eyes peering out through distinguished round-rimmed glasses. Killers of the Flower Moon 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z A ragged wave of shouts gave answer, just as Stannis's glove began to smolder. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z In line behind them were five men who seemed especially dirty and ragged. Small Steps 2006-01-10T00:00:00Z Throat and chest had been tom apart, and glistening green entrails and ribbons of ragged flesh dangled from where the belly had been opened. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z The bottoms of my shoes, which were thin as paper, grew ragged. The Shakespeare Stealer 1998-05-01T00:00:00Z One day he’d walked by, and there they were — a girl, her parents, an assistant, looking disoriented and somehow ragged around the edges, as though they’d been torn out of a book. Typical American 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z They came slowly up the long green slope, a ragged crowd of men. The Killer Angels: The Classic Novel of the Civil War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z My breath was coming in ragged gasps, and I could barely hear the knocking engine of Papá’s old car for the pulse pounding against my eardrums. Summer of the Mariposas 2012-10-20T00:00:00Z People ragged Leek, but they were oddly proud of him, too, he was a freak, he was so bad at everything. I'm the King of the Castle 1970-09-03T00:00:00Z Ben stirred under the ragged quilt, and then turned over. Harriet Tubman: Conductor on the Underground Railroad 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z Baba’s breathing had grown a little ragged, and he kept wiping sweat off his forehead and scalp with his handkerchief. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z It had a glittering golden tail as long as a peacock’s and gleaming golden talons, which were gripping a ragged bundle. Harry Potter And The Chamber Of Secrets 1998-07-02T00:00:00Z “And that—” said Riddle, now eyeing the ragged thing that Fawkes had dropped, “that’s the old school Sorting Hat —” So it was. Harry Potter And The Chamber Of Secrets 1998-07-02T00:00:00Z His voice was ragged, as if it had been used too much recently. The Devil's Arithmetic 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z His white hair was soft and ragged on his neck and he carried around with him a woman’s big silk pocketbook full of chalk and Jesus ads. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z A child emerged from a pool of darkness, a pale boy in a ragged robe, no more than nine or ten. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z Her hair hung wet and heavy, a loose strand stuck to her forehead, and she could imagine how ragged and wild she must look, but for once she did not care. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z When they had hidden the treasures in a nearby cave they separated, she to summon Telemachus home, he, whom her art had turned into a shambling ragged old man, to seek the swineherd. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z His hackles stood up in a ragged ridge along the back of his neck and shoulders. Old Yeller 1956-01-01T00:00:00Z And he sure lit out the way he’d come when Grandma fired just over his ragged ears, as he’d probably used up eight lives already. A Long Way from Chicago 1998-09-01T00:00:00Z They were nearing the lines now; men began rising out of the ground, ragged apparitions. The Killer Angels: The Classic Novel of the Civil War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z Yet I laughed bitterly at the white kids in ragged jeans who frolicked on the campus lawn tossing Frisbees and went about campus caroling in German at Christmas. The Color of Water: A Black Man's Tribute to His White Mother 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z But Amens and Yes, sir’s began to fall around the room like rain through a ragged umbrella. I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z When they saw the ragged line of the Wood in the distance, Con felt like a sailor long at sea, finally sighting land. Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z It was impossible to tell where the shreds of his saturated coveralls ended and the ragged flesh began. Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z The Lannisters moved through a sea of ragged men and hungry women, breasting a tide of sullen eyes. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z When he heard the rustle of leaves, Bran used the reins to make Dancer turn, expecting to see his friends, but the ragged men who stepped out onto the bank of the stream were strangers. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z He wondered what Lord Eddard might have done if the deserter had been his brother Benjen instead of that ragged stranger. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z I could hear him down there, breathing his ragged breath. Prisoner B-3087 2013-03-01T00:00:00Z This one glided down into the com on its enormous, ragged black wings. I'm the King of the Castle 1970-09-03T00:00:00Z Then he threw the nail down and rested one ragged sneaker on the fish. Mississippi Trial, 1955 2002-05-27T00:00:00Z I am weak and have no weapon so, with my ragged teeth, I bite him. Beast Rider 2019-03-01T00:00:00Z Sirius was wearing ragged gray robes; the same ones he had been wearing when he had left Azkaban. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z Just glimpses of them, wild and ragged, flitting through the woods or standing by the gate late at night. The Old Willis Place 2004-09-20T00:00:00Z Never cared much for appearance, gave an impression of ominous bad-tempered strength and a kind of slow, even, stubborn, unquenchable anger: a soft voice, a ragged mouth. The Killer Angels: The Classic Novel of the Civil War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z He dressed it, carefully fitting the wide sleeves of a ragged coat over the two stick arms. Son 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z At the largest table, six ragged men laughed and clinked glasses with old women in wrinkled dresses and faded lace. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z They passed a cemetery littered with rock-piled graves and ragged shaheed flags fluttering in the breeze. A Thousand Splendid Suns 2007-05-22T00:00:00Z She glanced down at the ragged comfort object and grinned. The Giver 1993-04-01T00:00:00Z A ragged cheer went up from the commons. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z Jo-jo had brought it with her from the west, where revolution was sparking along the ragged coast. The Marrow Thieves 2017-05-10T00:00:00Z In a ragged, barely audible voice, Rob croaked, “Harold was with me last night, but he doesn’t seem to be with me now. He was very weak.” Into Thin Air 1996-08-01T00:00:00Z The dark passage outside the courtrooms was packed with tall, black-hooded figures, their faces completely hidden, their ragged breathing the only sound in the place. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z Chamberlain looked at die bald head, the ragged dress. The Killer Angels: The Classic Novel of the Civil War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z In the ragged hedge on the opposite side the boughs of the elm trees swayed just perceptibly in the breeze, and their leaves stirred faintly in dense masses like women’s hair. 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z A head staring sightlessly up at a homed moon, cheeks ripped and tom down to bloody bone, pits for eyes, neck ending in a ragged stump. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z The herons built huge ragged nests of sticks and trash and sat around in the trees all day long, fussing and staining the tree branches with their white droppings. Old Yeller 1956-01-01T00:00:00Z Both of his arms plunged into the terrible ragged hole and dragged out a big, white, dripping bundle. The Red Pony 1937-01-01T00:00:00Z One was an elegant Pentoshi, grey-haired and clad in silk but for his cloak, a ragged thing sewn from dozens of strips of tom, bloodstained cloth. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z Community clotheslines ran above the ragged strips of grass. Farewell to Manzanar 1973-01-01T00:00:00Z Where he had once cared for only one boy, he now brimmed with love for this bristling vixen and her ragged brother. Pax 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z Humbaba crumpled to his knees and clawed the earth in agony, tearing great ragged trenches with his claws. City of the Plague God 2021-01-12T00:00:00Z He looked out the panes that were already a little frosted over, and the moonlight flooded him, and his scar was a bright ragged line along his side. Orbiting Jupiter 2015-10-06T00:00:00Z The ragged scar that marked her chin and continued down her neck to her broad shoulder was said to be a remnant of a long-ago battle with one of the forest creatures. Gathering Blue 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z The ragged fur, in reverse, took on the look of shorn velvet. Little Fires Everywhere 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z He was sitting on a stump at the base of a ragged old shagbark hickory. The Season of Styx Malone 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z That’s why she had made the boy put on his ragged clothes. Sounder 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z Her leg was in horrible shape, and she had sustained some ragged slashes on her side. Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z She sank to her knees, taking a deep, ragged breath. Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z “It healed the tree,” Chiron said, his voice ragged. The Sea of Monsters 2006-04-01T00:00:00Z She had a bulbous nose and ragged ears. My Life with the Chimpanzees 1988-03-01T00:00:00Z She couldn’t keep the ragged edge from her voice when she added, “Don’t you think so too?” Orphan Island 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z They were ragged and worn and smelled peculiar, with a lingering, dank odor, part old sweat and part something else Hannah did not even want to guess at. The Devil's Arithmetic 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z Still, Tally spent a lot of time wondering what Shay was going to look like pretty, her skin-and-bones body all filled out, her already full Ups perfected, and the ragged fingernails gone forever. Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z But at last she heard his ragged voice below. Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z The sea surge that had drawn up the coastal waters of Maine poured past the cliffs and tore along the ragged coast. Lizzie Bright and the Buckminster Boy 2004-05-24T00:00:00Z When he stopped to rest, his breath came in ragged gasps. Touching Spirit Bear 2001-01-09T00:00:00Z Toddy didn’t go to school but instead spent his days in a corner of his room, clutching the ragged remnant of an old quilt and rocking himself without ceasing. The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate 2009-05-12T00:00:00Z Silence from the bear; and then he dropped the ragged bone and lifted the jar to his muzzle again, drinking the powerful spirits like water. The Golden Compass 1995-07-01T00:00:00Z Her voice was barely above a whisper, but the ragged quality to it made me think she was either going to scream or burst out into hysterical tears. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z His hair was still ragged, but his eyes were a brownish orange. Anya and the Nightingale 2020-11-10T00:00:00Z The first khalasar they met would swallow up her ragged band, slaying the warriors and slaving the rest. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z They stared at Reyna, their eyes ragged holes in faces of rock. Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z Behind Corporal Nettle’s head was a wide strip of deep blue sky and, etched against it, the ragged black edge of the cellar’s ruined ceiling. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z The wild- ling was within, seated at her board, spreading butter on a ragged chunk of warm brown bread with his dagger. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z There was a ragged rip along the hem and deep perspiration stains under the arms. The Devil's Arithmetic 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z He whipped out a ragged bandana to cover his nose and stalked away. Moon Over Manifest 2010-10-12T00:00:00Z His face sagged beneath his ragged, new-grown whiskers, and he looked so weary Catelyn feared he might fall off his horse. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z And all at once the sun was uncomfortably hot, the dust oppressive, and the meager grass along its edges somewhat ragged and forlorn. Tuck Everlasting 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z She knew and liked the damp earthy smell of the dirt floor, even though they slept on the floor, huddled under thin ragged blankets, aware of the chill. Harriet Tubman: Conductor on the Underground Railroad 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z It occurred to me they didn’t see a penniless, ragged boy sitting across from them. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z With the weather remaining cool, he still had to wear his ragged sweater to practice almost every day, and the boys still teased him continuously for it. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z Suddenly self-conscious, I imagined how I must look: ragged and half-starved. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z Struggling against the wind and lashing rain, I tied the ragged pieces as best I could across the gap, but everything inside was already wet. The Bridge Home 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z I felt exhausted again, so I sat on the edge of the bed in nothing but clean boxers and looked at my clothes all ragged and torn. All American Boys 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z Shay sighed, looking down at her ragged nails. Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z She scraped a ragged peel off a turnip. Typical American 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z The rail was lined with ragged Japanese sailors waving down at me. Hole in My Life 2002-03-26T00:00:00Z When I sat up, my vision was blurry, but I had a horn in my hands, a ragged bone weapon the size of a knife. The Lightning Thief 2005-07-01T00:00:00Z She’s not quite ragged but seems to me barely clothed, at least compared to the high-necked blouses, cardigans, and long skirts she used to wear back when I knew her. X: A Novel 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z Then began the massive waves of poor and half-starved and ragged immigrants from Europe, arriving with everything they owned in the world in bags and sacks on their backs. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z Jay sat in a chair on the other side of the table and chewed on a ragged wedge of sugar cane from the counter. Root Magic 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z Though nearly as ragged as I was, he was cleaner. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z And while Pax slept, the ragged little runt kept watch. Pax 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z They sing, an antique language as ragged and strange as their beards, a language closer to mine than to their own. Grendel 1971-01-01T00:00:00Z What’s more, in the three-mile trials the older boys had begun to look decidedly ragged by the time they entered the last mile. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z She limped away, her breathing hard and ragged. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z Stonesnake curled up under his ragged fur cloak and was asleep almost at once. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z In a massive valley between two of the largest peaks, a ragged wall of ice rose out of the sea, filling the entire gorge. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z Peeta’s feet slamming into the closet door break up the ragged breathing of the others. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z Her hand pressed against the ragged hole in her armor. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z She paused, drawing a ragged breath, and took the moonstone ring out of her pocket and put it into the palm of his hand. Ash 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z His jerkin was a ragged bearskin, worn and greasy. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z Duchess's once beautiful coat now hung in ragged patches. Me Talk Pretty One Day 2000-05-02T00:00:00Z Norman Bowker and Kiowa and Dave Jensen were dozing, or half dozing, and all around us were those ragged green mountains. The Things They Carried 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z Nailer and Pima forced their stiff limbs to move and stumbled down to the beach, joining a ragged assemblage of other survivors who were streaming toward the sands. Ship Breaker 2010-05-01T00:00:00Z In the dark she struggled into a ragged old shirt of Salvador’s, then his trousers, which she rolled up, and finally his blue jacket. Lupita Mañana 1981-03-21T00:00:00Z The bright clothes of the Match-Man faded, and his straw hat turned into his old ragged cap again. Mary Poppins 1962-10-27T00:00:00Z But Luma also had a new ball, and the one the boys were playing with was scuffed and ragged. Outcasts United: An American Town, a Refugee Team, and One Woman's Quest to Make a Difference 2009-04-21T00:00:00Z The song feels as though it is calling my blood, moving it through my veins to the same ragged beat, with the same sweet chords. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z A ragged laugh rippled through the crowd, and some man shouted out an offer to kiss it and make it better. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z Galleries are understaffed, and the officers on them, surrounded by inmates all day, are put at risk and run ragged. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z Fang pushed the moldy shower curtain to one end of the tub and started unbuttoning his new shirt, already ragged after a couple hours on my buddy’s back. Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z Speechless human sounds—spontaneous shrieks, ragged breaths, baby whimpers, one musical bit of insane laughter—dance around in the charged air. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z The runaways, ragged, dirty, hungry, cold, did not steal the gun as they might have, and set off by themselves, or turn back. Harriet Tubman: Conductor on the Underground Railroad 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z His uncle, having said these words, stepped back and folded his arms with a flourish of his dirty and ragged robes. The Good Earth 1931-03-02T00:00:00Z She had seen the thin, ragged drug addicts huddled on street corners, begging for scraps. Shooting Kabul 2010-06-22T00:00:00Z And after them came a line of black girls, old, fat, dressed in ragged gingham, walking loosely, carrying tin cans of soap powder, rags, mops, brooms ... Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z She didn’t say anything about his lips in her hair, or the fact that his breathing had gone ever so slightly ragged. Bone Gap 2015-03-03T00:00:00Z I had long lines of ragged stitches holding the skin together across the top of my head and down the middle of my face, right over the center of my new nose. Ugly 2013-08-20T00:00:00Z He shook the mildewed object by its pointed end and it dangled, empty and ragged: the Sorting Hat. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z The waiters looked at the thin child in her ragged dress and then exchanged glances. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z A tin gallon can has been cut in half, the lip ragged and dangerous. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z Ear, his ears safely nestled in the ragged muffs, could listen to the outside world without pain. The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z A gaunt, ragged figure stood on the step, and as she shrank back a man pushed his way through the door and halted on the kitchen threshold. The Witch of Blackbird Pond 1958-12-01T00:00:00Z She heard Ivan’s ragged breathing from behind her, but she didn’t want to look back and take her eyes off the dragon. Anya and the Dragon 2019-09-24T00:00:00Z Kermit was still feeling ragged from it, but he was better compared to four days ago, when he could barely stand up. Death on the River of Doubt 2017-01-03T00:00:00Z Now, by the time I reached the top of the craggy hill, each ragged breath felt like inhaling fire. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z I look at Patches, toppled over on his side, ragged and worn, all alone on the floor except for a lone truffle, resting against his tattered leg. Five Feet Apart 2018-11-20T00:00:00Z All eyes turned to me, because in a world without any playthings other than a ragged ball, a new game is always welcome. Taking Flight: From War Orphan to Star Ballerina 2014-01-01T00:00:00Z Barefoot children were playing on the street, kicking a ragged tennis ball with a stick, and they stared when I pulled up and killed the engine. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z A few cheers went up from the crush along the banks, as thin and ragged as the clouds scuttling overhead. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z His long ragged black cloak was made of batwings, fastened at the throat with a mole skull. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z Later, a different girl had made a man of him upon a ragged quilt in the shade of that tall grey-green sentinel. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z In the ragged hedge on the opposite side of the field the boughs of the elm trees were swaying very faintly in the breeze, their leaves just stirring in dense masses like women’s hair. 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z Seated on a chair before the only table in the room was a woman in a ragged robe adorned with an embroidered dragon on its front. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z Just a single steel-frame bed with a worn mattress, a ragged blanket, and a wooden chair in the corner. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z A large ragged sheepskin was tossed across the papers. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z Their clothes were ragged and covered in filth, their bodies had warped into hideous designs. City of the Plague God 2021-01-12T00:00:00Z “Well—” Jen waved her hand in a way that made Luke even more aware of the contrast between his ragged flannel shirt and patched jeans, and Jen's perfect house. Among the Hidden 1998-03-01T00:00:00Z Through barter and the generosity of a few friends, he soon owned a ragged collection of old stringed instruments—a mandolin, several guitars, an old ukulele, and two banjos. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z The flesh on his thigh is burned black and red, the skin hanging ragged and oozing. Blood on the River 2006-05-04T00:00:00Z He laughed heartily at his joke, reminding me of a ragged version of Clement Moore’s Saint Nick from the old poem “The Night Before Christmas.” Hattie Big Sky 2006-09-26T00:00:00Z Dimple stood on shaky legs, her breath ragged, disbelief and hope mixing, swirling, bursting in her chest. When Dimple Met Rishi 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z It was creepy being inside, looking out of the empty windows at die ragged shapes of other buildings. Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z A ragged line of chopped nettles on the grass marked her progress, as did the stinging white bumps on her feet and ankles. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z To her brother she said, "He's a ragged boy, isn't he? Look at him." A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z The camera would cut to a field of ragged crows and then to a freckle-faced woman who sat in a sunbeam examining her knuckles. Me Talk Pretty One Day 2000-05-02T00:00:00Z Rolling, ripping, kicking, they fought until the both of them were ragged and fresh blood dappled the snows around them. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z Are we not poor enough, ragged enough, without two more coming to share our resources? Nectar in a Sieve 1954-01-01T00:00:00Z Its pages were yellow and old, with ragged edges and worn corners. The Chosen 1967-04-28T00:00:00Z They wear ragged work clothes stained with patches of sweat; their faces are drawn. How the García Girls Lost Their Accents 1991-01-04T00:00:00Z I can hear his breathing, soft and ragged. The Girl on the Train 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z His muscles were sore from weeks of not practicing, and his breath was ragged in his throat as he thrust and thrust again. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z As we came to a side road I saw a team of oxen hitched to a broken-down wagon, the ragged driver dozing on the seat beneath the shade of a clump of trees. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z I felt his ragged fingernails scratch across my skin. Between Shades of Gray 2011-03-22T00:00:00Z It’s quiet, save for the sound of Tom’s breathing, ragged and shallow. The Girl on the Train 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z The one in the gun- nysack was even tighter and more ragged. Lyddie 1991-02-01T00:00:00Z Aravis went a few steps away into the wood and came back looking odd in her new, ragged clothes and carrying her real ones in a bundle. The Horse and His Boy 1954-09-06T00:00:00Z Her breath was ragged in her throat; her limbs felt weak, as though she had just climbed a thousand steps; her hand holding the broken stem shook. Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z Frozen with fear, I watched the yellow-white flames make a ragged brown line up the pink fabric of my skirt and climb my stomach. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z Everyone could see Boots could barely keep her eyes open, and he must, have looked pretty ragged himself. Gregor the Overlander 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z A ragged circle of Romans and Amazons stood around Percy. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z Not all of them, and not all at once, but in a few minutes only a few ragged stragglers remained. Adrift 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z His hands were ragged from climbing the tree. I Survived Hurricane Katrina, 2005 2011-04-01T00:00:00Z Boys did not want to take the chance of being ragged by their friends for walking home from school with her. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z “Mind!” said my convict, wiping blood from his face with his ragged sleeves, and shaking torn hair from his fingers: “I took him! I give him up to you! Mind that!” Great Expectations 1861-08-01T00:00:00Z A ragged winter sparrow flew in patterns against the smoky sky and at last came to light on a gable of the house. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z The soiled clothes were dumped out of the wash basket and it was lined with a ragged but clean blanket and set up on two chairs near the stove. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z He, too, was a wild child, dirty and ragged, his hair a long mass of tangles. The Old Willis Place 2004-09-20T00:00:00Z It’s not like his parents’ divorce was a pleasant time for him, or like he runs himself ragged about grades for fun. Red, White & Royal Blue 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z “Things of Ma’s. I don’t mean old clothes and letters and ragged quilts like you sent over. I mean—” Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z The world’s wind had been sinking, and the driving sleet of the storm had given way to a chill, ragged, thickening mist. A Wizard of Earthsea 1968-11-01T00:00:00Z The nails were broken and none too clean, the cuticles ragged. Jacob Have I Loved 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z “I remember. What a ragged, naughty thing you were, Matty, when you came to Village.” Messenger 2004-04-26T00:00:00Z The ragged bandages Baba wrapped for me are shredded and filthy. Without Refuge 2018-04-01T00:00:00Z Behind a veil of ragged clouds, a full moon floated fat and white as a snowball. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z Half a mile up to the raftered ceiling hung with red, dusty drapes or banners all ragged with the years. The Left Hand of Darkness 1969-03-01T00:00:00Z I push my ragged mouth against the mirror. Speak 1999-10-01T00:00:00Z He slashed right and left as the fallen banner was ripped apart, the thousand ragged pieces swirling away like crimson leaves in a storm- wind. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z They didn’t know our names anymore, but we still had our Jewish stars on our uniforms, ragged and torn though they were, and we were all in the Jewish car. Prisoner B-3087 2013-03-01T00:00:00Z Long ragged tails streamed behind them like flickering flames, and in place of a lord's sigil they bore the device of a god: the burning heart of the Lord of Light. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z Tonight, even though the coach ran us ragged at practice, I heard Webb sprinting past the house. Crash 1996-03-19T00:00:00Z Very tall and very thin, the Lord of Raventree had a hook nose, long hair, and a ragged salt-and-pepper beard that showed more salt than pepper. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z Caught on a piece of iron that stuck out of the concrete wall, a ragged T-shirt hung, limp as a flag of surrender. The Bridge Home 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z He would need every sword to deal with the ragged horde of Poor Fellows surrounding the Great Sept. She asked about her twin often, but her gaolers gave no answer. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z A zombie in a ragged nineteenth-century motoring outfit clawed his way to the surface. Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z They passed a group of gloomy nuns, a ragged man wearing chains, and the Fat Friar, a cheerful Hufflepuff ghost, who was talking to a knight with an arrow sticking out of his forehead. Harry Potter And The Chamber Of Secrets 1998-07-02T00:00:00Z I remembered the legend of how he had come to the college, a barefoot boy who in his fervor for education had trudged with his bundle of ragged clothing across two states. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z “Well, I tried,” Moss said, his breath ragged. Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z “Hardly. A ragged apron does not a waiter make.” Artemis Fowl 2001-04-26T00:00:00Z He assembled the men in two long ragged lines and called them to attention, but they ignored him. The Killer Angels: The Classic Novel of the Civil War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z It was the best music my brothers and I had ever heard, with gorgeous cascading chords and an electrifying ragged timing, which compelled the audience to get up and dance. The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate 2009-05-12T00:00:00Z After that, I would be called on to present my own ragged gallery. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z She dragged one hand free and wiped them away, drawing a ragged breath. Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z When she got closer, she saw that he was a northman, very tall and thin, huddled in a ragged fur cloak. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z The voice was ragged and clotted up, but he knew instantly that it was Kiowa. The Things They Carried 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z The sound was ragged and clotted up, but even so he knew the voice. The Things They Carried 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z He stopped in his ragged pilgrimage only to lift his hat to white men who fled past him. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume I: The Pox Party 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z She gave a last moan and leaned forward to put her hands on her knees, her breath coming in ragged gasps. A Monster Calls 2011-05-05T00:00:00Z I showed her my ragged stockings, my patched pants. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z I feel my hands shaking, and my breathing is ragged. Things Not Seen 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z Her breathing became ragged and uncertain, as if she was trying to remember, in between breaths, what to do, what breathing was. The Miraculous Journey of Edward Tulane 2006-03-30T00:00:00Z Other kids have ragged security blankets or a beat-up favorite teddy bear. Sparrow 2017-10-10T00:00:00Z He tried to run and his leg rebroke under him and he crawled up the ragged slope to the roadbed where it was happening. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z "Oh, yes. They ragged him about me at the café, I guess. He wanted me to grow my hair out. Me, with long hair. I'd look so like hell." The Sun Also Rises 1926-10-22T00:00:00Z Shortly it became two lights, then three: a ragged row of beacons rising from the water. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z He did well to send me, Reek told himself as he climbed back onto his stot to lead his ragged column back across the boggy ground to where the northmen were encamped. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z The steady thud of knuckles striking flesh, the groans and ragged gasps, the scuffle of feet on the floor. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z Nox said, his breathing ragged as he stopped by her side. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z Sometimes she plucked at a thread on her ragged cape or bent over to pull on her socks, which were loose and tended to slide down around her ankles. The City of Ember 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z Voices call to her in ragged words stitched together from many languages, like dissonant scraps of quilt. Dreaming in Cuban 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z The plumes on the centurions’ helmets were frozen and ragged. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z That night, besides the collar, there was a ragged blanket too, and half a chicken. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z In the first second before her awareness could flow into her other sentinels, it was as though fire scorched away her sight in pieces, leaving ragged holes rimmed in cinders. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z His eyes were closed in pain, his breath ragged. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z And I remember a lone, almost ragged guitarist huddled on a side street playing and singing just for himself when he glanced up and instantly recognized the oncoming, striding figure. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z “No, Scout, those ragged ignorant people fought until they were nearly exterminated to maintain something that these days seems to be the sole privilege of artists and musicians.” Go Set a Watchman: A Novel 2015-07-14T00:00:00Z As I hung up the phone, I felt bad for having ragged on him earlier. Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children 2011-06-07T00:00:00Z He had seen the ragged man's eyes, and he was thinking of them now. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z A half-dozen black puppies and the odd pig or two skulked among the benches, while women in ragged deerskins passed horns of beer, stirred the fire, and chopped carrots and onions into a kettle. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z He had a small, ragged mustache, and beneath this his lower lip looked as though it had been stung by a wasp. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z In the silence I heard May’s breathing grow loud and a little ragged. The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z None of them were as ragged, and none of them looked as tired as I felt. Facing the Lion 2003-01-01T00:00:00Z In the faint patch of light below the ragged hole in the roof, a rabbit was standing—no Efrafan, a rabbit unknown to the General. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z Dully, I looked down at the ragged, dirty shirt I wore. Prisoner B-3087 2013-03-01T00:00:00Z His spindly wrists extend from his over-large cuffs, his hands are long and thin, ragged around the nails, like mine. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z Where I had been standing a moment before was a ragged hole in the side of the Arch, with melted metal steaming around the edges. The Lightning Thief 2005-07-01T00:00:00Z No more ragged blue jeans and hand-me-down flannel shirts for him—he had a whole suitcase in the trunk full of the same kind of fancy Baron clothes he’d laughed at all those months ago. Among the Hidden 1998-03-01T00:00:00Z One half he ate, the other he knotted into his ragged sash as he hurried out of the courtyard. The Golden Goblet 1961-04-24T00:00:00Z Then she sends another gift: A ragged old sheet comes floating down. Born Behind Bars 2021-09-07T00:00:00Z He took a deep breath, reached into his pocket, and handed her a ragged kerchief. Lyddie 1991-02-01T00:00:00Z In front of one mound, like a one-eighth scale model of Stonehenge, was a ragged circle of wak’a: sacred stones. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z A few white hairs were all that separated him from baldness; his forked beard was equal parts white and grey, but always ragged. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z Excited, I rushed about and gathered my ragged clothes. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z The tunnel terminated fifty feet ahead in a ragged point. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z The falling snow had begun to bury what remained of them, so pale against the black of ragged cloaks and breeches. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z Her breath was ragged, animalistic, the opposite of pretty. Beauty Queens 2011-05-24T00:00:00Z I don’t know how it got there, but I was inside of it, the sirens blaring, my uncle’s ragged voice, the bright lights and someone else—a paramedic maybe—moving around us. Harbor Me 2018-08-28T00:00:00Z They were artsy misfits who dressed exclusively in concert tees and ragged flannels, and it was those brooding qualities that intrigued me more than the cookie-cutter athlete and cheerleader types. Americanized 2018-02-08T00:00:00Z There was a ragged burst of laughter; faint, but clear, it floated back across the evening air. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z The rest of us stood in a ragged circle around the baby buffalo. The Things They Carried 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z My tongue probes the ragged flesh and I taste blood. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z Kino’s ragged white clothes were clean at least, and this was the last day of his raggedness. The Pearl 1947-01-01T00:00:00Z But denying a drink to children and a few ragged old people was something beyond my experience. The Light in Hidden Places 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z He saw a curly-haired faun in ragged clothes running to catch up with him. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z |
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