Sentence examples for ragged quality from inspiring English sources

"Well, perhaps if you were lovable moptops with Eton collars, but you guys have got this totally indie, kind of ragged quality to you," Mr. Colbert said.

The ragged quality of play, executed by a largely anonymous team, supplied ample fodder for those raring to say good riddance.

Emotion cracks open the surface of Haydée's dancing and Cranko's movement to reveal the pounding of Juliet's heart and the ragged quality of her breath.

KELLY CLARKSON There's a slightly ragged quality to "Mr. Know It All," the first single from "Stronger," the fifth album by Ms. Clarkson, and that may be a sign of maturity.

But The New York Post's perfervid imaginings to the side (I awaited the inevitable New York Post front page linking the Occupy Wall Street demonstrators not just to drug dealing and far away shootings, but to asteroids passing too close to earth), the occupy encampment had taken on a ragged quality in recent weeks.

Unfortunately, he's no scientific genius either, which renders the string of eco-car songs little more than bland automotive boogies, the sound of Fork in the Road being largely unvarnished blues-rock of undistinguished quality, ragged but nowhere near as glorious as he can deliver.

"They never gave in at any stage and rarely looked ragged, but two quality batsmen were just as dogged, offering an extra touch of class in the Edgbaston sunshine.

For now, the island's charm has a ragged-around-the-edges quality, but the islanders we talked to spoke proudly of the ever-increasing trickle of visitors.

The fact is in the end England were beaten by teams who simply had more ragged edges, more extreme qualities, more sense of waspish energy.

This loss of quality makes images look pixelated (the ragged square-like look you see when a raster image is enlarged too far).

The game was mostly ragged, with little defending and even fewer moments of quality.