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
Trail hunting involves laying a trail using a rag soaked in animal scent which hounds can chase.
From BBC • 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
She offered a bottle of wine, stoppered with a screwed-up rag.
From "Impossible Creatures" by Katherine Rundell
