shag

Example Sentences

Examples are provided to illustrate real-world usage of words in context. Any opinions expressed do not reflect the views of Dictionary.com.

I’ve always appreciated a fur coat’s timeless and hedonistic glamour, and any lover of ’60s and ’70s fashion needs a shag coat to accompany their nights out in platform boots.

From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 4, 2025

Now Britons are growing exasperated with a decorator whose tastes run to the intellectual equivalent of avocado-colored appliances and garish shag carpeting.

From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 13, 2025

The fulcrum of a cultural transition from vibrancy to stagnation was the 1970s, an era remembered now, if at all, for leisure suits, burnt-orange shag carpeting and muttonchop sideburns.

From Salon • Aug. 9, 2025

Initial figures suggest the shag population is down by 75% on the inner islands, but there is some hope.

From BBC • Sep. 5, 2024

“Also, we probably should’ve done this outside. I guess we better start cleaning,” Twig said as she surveyed the destroyed shag rug in the basement.

From "The Science of Breakable Things" by Tae Keller