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- adverb In a
craggy way.
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Examples
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Warren Clarke is a familiar craggily rumpled face on our TV screens, but he hasn't appeared on stage for more than a decade.
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In that 1968 film, craggily sexy Steve McQueen (will someone please cast Daniel Craig to play him in a biopic?) as a master thief meets his match in stunning Faye Dunaway's insurance investigator.
Devra Maza: The Big Smooch: Start the New Year With a Movie Kiss 2010
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With a craggily handsome face, blond hair and 6-foot-2 height, he seemed ideal for a movie leading man.
Comedian Leslie Nielsen Dies AP/The Huffington Post 2010
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Beverly gave him a playful swat on the arm, and Walker smiled again, bringing out a bunch of new lines on his craggily handsome face.
Star Trek: TNG: Losing the Peace William Leisner 2009
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After the mall is robbed, a real police officer comes on the scene: the craggily handsome, hard-boiled Detective Harrison (Ray Liotta), who would like to be anywhere but that mall, especially with Ronnie hovering.
Kim Morgan: God's Lonely (Funny) Man: "Observe and Report" 2009
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Tears started to stream down his craggily lined cheeks.
Star Trek: TNG: Losing the Peace William Leisner 2009
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As Lynn and I came out of the Columbia Gorge, past the communities of Hood River, and The Dalles, the land began changing from the majesty of the gorge to rolling green hills to hills spattered with black and brown craggily rocks and tufts of grass.
Rebecca Gerendasy: Cattle, Sheep, Grain, and Hay: The Imperial Stock Ranch Story 2009
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Beverly gave him a playful swat on the arm, and Walker smiled again, bringing out a bunch of new lines on his craggily handsome face.
Star Trek: TNG: Losing the Peace William Leisner 2009
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Tears started to stream down his craggily lined cheeks.
Star Trek: TNG: Losing the Peace William Leisner 2009
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With his strong 6′2″ build and craggily handsome face, Heston won roles in TV soap operas, plays Antony and Cleopatra with Katherine Cornell, and live TV dramas such as Julius Caesar, Macbeth, The Taming of the Shrew, and Of Human Bondage.
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