straggly
Example Sentences
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His floor-length fur is straggly and windblown, giving him a disheveled look incongruent with this toy breed’s stereotypical silky-smooth fur and ribbons in their hair.
From Slate • Jul. 15, 2023
Flip this folded dough over so the seam is on the bottom, smooshing in any straggly bits, and sprinkling flour over any naked chunks of butter or otherwise sticky spots.
From Washington Post • Feb. 8, 2023
Frequent gripes were that the hill was not high enough to see over trees in nearby Hyde Park, rendering obsolete the "viewing" platform, and that the plants and grass were straggly and patchy.
From BBC • Sep. 1, 2021
Left to its own devices, Robbins explained, hazelnut grows into a straggly, shrubby tree.
From National Geographic • Dec. 17, 2020
Lula won prizes for her needlework, whereas mine was straggly and pitiful.
From "The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate" by Jacqueline Kelly
