shaggy
Example Sentences
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A shaggy black-and-white dog gets off with him.
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He put his arms as far as they would reach about her neck and laid his head on her shaggy wool.
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Across the aisle, a young man with shaggy hair and a tweed blazer noticed the book on my lap.
He scooped up a shaggy white poodle who didn’t look very happy about what was about to happen.
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In 1634, Rembrandt attempted to depict a lion for a scene of “St. Jerome Reading,” but Rubinstein said the shaggy creature in the print wasn’t realistic.
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.