Sentence examples for ragged optimism from inspiring English sources

This week it released its impressive debut album, "America Give Up" (Rough Trade), which passes for snarling and grotty but is really an affectionate revision of bands that preceded it, from the ragged optimism of the Replacements to the ragged pessimism of the Strokes.

■ Optimism.

Your breathing becomes ragged.

He looked ragged.

Watch those ragged edges.

It was ragged.

One ragged game irritates Girardi.

Our ragged edges were showing.

Children are ragged and sick.

"It was ragged," she said.

We became a bit ragged.