shagginess
Example Sentences
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They’re dead-set on excising any shagginess that doesn’t fit their hidebound worldview, attacking textbooks and museums that dare to push beyond a straightforward explanation.
From Salon ● Jul. 23, 2026
The rules of baseball, of course, defy time, and “Eephus” embraces shagginess as a virtue, almost to a fault.
From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 14, 2025
The editorial team did an amazing job of cobbling together a take that includes that kind of shagginess, where he sort of interrupts himself, and sounds really specific, but also has clarity.
From Slate ● Jun. 28, 2021
While the Sanders and Trump campaigns shared a certain shagginess, a Warren event is a clockwork operation.
From The New Yorker ● Jan. 10, 2019
Yielding to the reaction Flame bent down suddenly and hugging the Wolf Hound's head to her breast buried her face in the soft, sweet shagginess.
From Peace on Earth, Good-will to Dogs by Eleanor Hallowell Abbott