shagginess

Example Sentences

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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

Seeing the work of her architect Pierpaolo Martiradonna and his team, what struck Leigh was the rich fullness: the shagginess of the thatch, the forest effect of the wood poles.

From New York Times • Apr. 14, 2022

While the Sanders and Trump campaigns shared a certain shagginess, a Warren event is a clockwork operation.

From The New Yorker • Jan. 10, 2019

The Simpsons hasn’t been what it once was for an awfully long time, and the shagginess of its later years has now, from a strictly chronological standpoint, vastly exceeded its first decade-plus of sustained greatness.

From Slate • Jun. 12, 2018

To understand the mighty train of consequences set in motion by this mere shagginess of coat, let us remember that, like a human babe, every flowering plant has two parents.

From Little Masterpieces of Science: The Naturalist as Interpreter and Seer by Iles, George