shaggy

Example Sentences

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Giant anteaters have black and white diagonal stripes, dense shaggy hair and super-sized snouts.

From BBC • Apr. 1, 2026

Rhodamnia zombi is described as a small to medium sized tree with large dark green leaves, shaggy bark, and fuzzy white flowers.

From Science Daily • Mar. 13, 2026

Across the aisle, a young man with shaggy hair and a tweed blazer noticed the book on my lap.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 5, 2026

It went quite rightly to Panda, the shaggy black-and-white pet of a fractured Icelandic family in “The Love That Remains,” directed by Hlynur Pálmason.

From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 15, 2025

Sure enough, five women staggered along on mismatched legs—mechanical bronze on the left, shaggy and cloven-hooved on the right.

From "The House of Hades" by Rick Riordan