straggly
Americanadjective
Etymology
Origin of straggly
Example Sentences
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His beard - brown and trim when I first encountered him in the besieged Donbas town of Lysychansk in 2022 - is now straggly and grey.
From BBC • Feb. 23, 2024
His floor-length fur is straggly and windblown, giving him a disheveled look incongruent with this toy breed’s stereotypical silky-smooth fur and ribbons in their hair.
From Slate • Jul. 15, 2023
A soft, golden light filtered through twisted trees draped with a straggly yellow-green lichen called “old man’s beard,” giving the glens a magical air.
From Washington Post • Apr. 8, 2022
Left to its own devices, Robbins explained, hazelnut grows into a straggly, shrubby tree.
From National Geographic • Dec. 17, 2020
The one who was tugging at the little boy’s leg was thin and palely blond, and her hair was arranged in a straggly pile on the top of her head.
From "The Egypt Game" by Zilpha Keatley Snyder
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