rags

Example Sentences

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That he hails from such a region has fuelled the rags to riches aspect of his story.

From BBC • May 7, 2026

If your social-worker friend envies your designer clothes, you don’t have to ditch your Prada for rags, but it’s probably better not to festoon your outfit with your biggest diamond.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 16, 2026

The tighter scope and folksy approach — from a score with more spare acoustic guitar than sweeping orchestral numbers and an abundance of drab peasant rags over plush regal garb — is refreshing, at first.

From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 16, 2026

We say that the “Cinderella” story is rags to riches, but in all versions, especially the European ones, she is a noble girl put into the kitchen by her wicked stepmother.

From Salon • Apr. 18, 2025

She was wilder and stranger than ever, her hair long and tangled, her clothes in rags.

From "The Old Willis Place" by Mary Downing Hahn