rags

Example Sentences

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And yet, absolutely, one of the foundational arcs in storytelling is this rags to riches hero's journey, where the the humble person is called to greatness.

From Salon

One winter day in 1990, he was walking through Central Park when he encountered a man dressed in rags, whom he took for “a bum like me,” he said.

From Seattle Times

She was washed in cold water, wrapped in rags and subjected to medical experiments.

From Seattle Times

Among the contents of those bags, police recovered towels rags slippers tape, Tyvek suit, “a hacksaw, a hatchet and some cutting shears.”

From Seattle Times

Nowhere in the small apartment is safe from intrusion, driving her to move the diary from the linen closet to a suitcase to a heap of rags.

From New York Times