(a.) Full of crags; rugged with projecting points of rocks; as, the craggy side of a mountain.
Example Sentences:
(1) Nestling beneath the craggy wall of Fort Saint-Jean, a 17th-century stronghold that once housed the Foreign Legion, the squat glass building is shielded from the harsh Mediterranean sun by a dark filigree veil.
(2) I got lost for a few minutes walking along the craggy coast that looks out on Vatnsfjörður while searching for Hellulaug.
(3) Covering much of Mount Desert island off the coast of Maine, the park has spectacular scenery with craggy inlets and rolling hills.
(4) Wrap up warm and channel your inner Jules Verne as you soar at bird-of-prey height above the craggy peaks, snowy meadows and white forests around Alta Pusteria.
(5) UN groups say at least 40,000 members of the Yazidi sect , many of them women and children, have taken refuge in nine locations on Mount Sinjar, a craggy, mile-high ridge identified in local legend as the final resting place of Noah's ark.
(6) Alleati also organises sunset apéritifs at sea with wine and snacks (€25pp) Palmarola Facebook Twitter Pinterest Photograph: Alamy This is the Pontine’s icing on the cake, a craggy gem with pink coral beaches, pebble shores and sea stacks such as the Rifles, a collapsed natural arch.
(7) This no-frills atmosphere was in evidence at our first shack, Roy Moore Lobster Co in Rockport, Massachusetts, a classically pretty New England village – all clapboard houses and small craggy bays.
(8) That’s a boat of refugees, and it’ll arrive on this side in about 15 minutes.” And sure enough, it does, leaving its 50-odd Afghan and Pakistani passengers to haul themselves up a craggy scree to reach the road above.
(9) As grim as a gargoyle, craggy as a crag, jaw set in steel – even the famous smirk was well hidden behind the scowl.
(10) Nevertheless, her home came to symbolise the whole surreal madness of Craggy Island, and she still gets visitors from all over the world.
(11) It's an ideal stop-off for hikers heading along the South West Coast Path from St Ives to Zennor, and has a big enclosed garden with a smattering of picnic benches, palm trees and a view from the headland over the craggy Atlantic coastline.
(12) You could almost believe, on nights when sea frets dog the craggy coast, that a black-clad figure haunts the narrow alleys.
(13) Here are Zara Phillips and craggy Mike Tindall, all jeans and grassy banks, watching Prince Harry play polo at Beaufort.
(14) The Fifth Fleet's greatest concern is that such asymmetric warfare could be used to overpower the sophisticated defences of its ships, particularly in the narrow confines of the Hormuz strait, which is scattered with craggy cove-filled Iranian islands ideal for launching stealth attacks.
(15) A 26-year-old male in whom CAH had been diagnosed neonatally, was referred for further investigation of a craggy mass in the left testis.
(16) A craggy, weathered testament to the elements that could stop a clock.
(17) The hard iron that once was their advantage – the presses and trucks – now become a killing weight around their craggy necks.
(18) The Senda Ecológica (ecology path) runs around the city from Saint Martin bridge in the west to Alcántara bridge in the east, following the craggy gorges of the Tagus.
(19) As the dust dissipated, its outline grew and filled out, revealing a 82,000ft peak with a 20-mile wide caldera in its full craggy glory.
(20) It's as if they've tried to match Daniel Craig's craggy toughness with earthier sounds.
Raggy
Definition:
(a.) Ragged; rough.
Example Sentences:
(1) While the Sala news was significant, it was overshadowed by the implosion of Raggi’s administration, in part because she holds the office with the highest profile in her party.
(2) The arrest on Friday of Raffaele Marra, who has been nicknamed Raggi’s “Rasputin” and is reportedly under investigation in connection to real-estate deals dating back to 2013, comes just days after the resignation of another city councillor under scrutiny for corruption, and the revelation that police have seized documents from city hall as part of their investigation into the mayor’s hiring practices.
(3) Facebook Twitter Pinterest Virginia Raggi, Five Star’s mayor in Rome.
(4) At a glitzy opening for the biggest building to be built in Rome in decades – a €363m (£307m) colossus in the EUR neighbourhood that took almost 20 years to build – Raggi took to the stage to express her disapproval for the work as a symbol of waste and extravagance.
(5) Shortly after her mayoral election in Rome in June , M5S’s Virginia Raggi effectively killed the city’s bid, saying it would be too costly.
(6) Raggi had defended her controversial appointment of Muraro for months, saying questions about Muraro’s previous work were merely political smears intended to weaken her.
(7) The momentum M5S gained from that win could be diminished by the chaos that has engulfed Raggi’s administration in Rome, prompting questions about the party’s ability to govern even as it is pushing for Italy’s president to call early elections.
(8) Raggi’s decision to bring Marra into her administration has been a source of controversy for months.
(9) Facebook Twitter Pinterest Beppe Grillo with Rome’s mayor Virginia Raggi during a ‘No’ march.
(10) The highest glycemic index values were shown by starchy tubers, Raggi and fleshy fruits, while relatively lower values were obtained for pulses and rice; whole wheat showed the smallest glycemic index.
(11) With her reddish hair in a raggy bob, her Clara Bow lips and saucer-sized green-grey eyes, she has the look of a silent movie star.
(12) While she promised to – literally and figuratively – clean up the city, Raggi’s tenure so far has prompted complaints that Rome is just as dirty as ever, and with even less reliable public transportation.
(13) Italy’s Five Star Movement (M5S) has been dealt a significant blow following the arrest of a top aide to the mayor of Rome, Virginia Raggi, an anti-corruption crusader who was swept into power this year on the promise that she would clean up the city.
(14) The impact of Marra’s arrest was made worse by the fact that Raggi suffered another defeat just days ago, when Paola Muraro, who was supposed to head the city’s rubbish collection, resigned after she was notified that she was under investigation for earlier work she did as a consultant for Rome’s rubbish collection company.
(15) Since June, its newest star, Virginia Raggi, has endured a rocky few months after being elected mayor of Rome .