rag

Example Sentences

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"I didn't recognise the men. Or this woman. Her cheek was so flabby. Her mouth so limp. She was like a rag doll."

From Barron's • Feb. 10, 2026

The word “empathy” gets thrown around like a rag doll.

From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 21, 2025

Fairclough added wearing number one "was like waving a red rag to a bull at that level of football".

From BBC • Oct. 10, 2025

Liebling, himself Jewish, labeled the elder Newhouse a “journalist chiffonier” — a rag picker.

From Los Angeles Times • Jul. 14, 2025

Captain Smith rips a strip off the rag and ties it tightly around my finger.

From "Blood on the River" by Elisa Carbone