craggy

With 3,500 miles of craggy coastline, Maine has evolved from a modest seasonal retreat into an increasingly sought-after luxury market.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 14, 2026

Cruise travelers visiting Maine might not realize that when their deep-drafted ships steer clear of the craggy shoreline, they avoid more than hidden hazards—they also miss much of what’s special.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 15, 2026

"It's set in this dark, craggy, bleak landscape, and we had the permission to be really electronic and avant-garde. That was really nice, to go somewhere people aren't expecting us to go."

From BBC ● Jun. 13, 2026

The brown butter streusel forms a craggy, golden crown—nutty, crisp, just salted enough to keep things interesting.

From Salon ● Apr. 28, 2026

Now, by the time I reached the top of the craggy hill, each ragged breath felt like inhaling fire.

From "The Kite Runner" by Khaled Hosseini

Cougars shrunk their home ranges as wolves expanded in the park, selecting areas that were craggier, steeper, and more densely forested.

From National Geographic ● Aug. 25, 2023

Harvests of Alaskan king crab — the bigger, craggier species that was the star of the television show “Deadliest Catch” — have been on a slow decline for over a decade.

From Washington Post ● Aug. 21, 2022

Decked out in a slim-fitting suit, his hair a little shaggier and his face a little craggier than when he first played Lt.

From New York Times ● May 20, 2022

Connery was tempted back to the role with a big pay packet, now looking craggier and toupeed.

From The Guardian ● Aug. 24, 2018

And its hills are loftier, craggier, more difficult and forbidding than Vermont’s.

From "A Walk in the Woods" by Bill Bryson

It’s a middle-of-the-spectrum, Goldilocks option — not the firmest or the floppiest, neither the silkiest nor the craggiest, but it will slide comfortably on the boards, which have been playing on the slow side.

From Washington Post ● Aug. 11, 2022

Now there are over 500 nationwide, from the flattest states to the craggiest, underlining the health and fitness industry’s embrace of climbing – especially the mental and physical challenge of bouldering.

From The Guardian ● Aug. 16, 2019

Tunnel Creek The Cascades are among the craggiest of American mountain ranges, roughly cut, as if carved with a chain saw.

From New York Times ● Dec. 20, 2012

Its broad, round, smooth mass is better than the roughest, craggiest, shaggiest, most sharply splintered mountain of them all.

From The Lancashire Witches A Romance of Pendle Forest by William Harrison Ainsworth

Them nine men come from th' craggiest outfit of high-toned gun-artists in these parts, an' you can bet that they are th' pick of th' crowd!

From Hopalong Cassidy by Clarence E. Mulford