Synonyms
Examples of scrappy in a Sentence
Adjective (2)
she was a scrappy girl despite—or, perhaps, because of—her small size
a pair of scrappy movie critics who can never agree on anything
Recent Examples on the Web
Allaire Nuss, EW.com, 18 May 2024
And so the scrappy kid from Atlantic City, N.J., my world changed.
—Fortune Editors, Fortune, 15 May 2024
Still, there’s no clear executive to take the place of Musk, who’s widely seen as the driver behind its transformation from a scrappy Silicon Valley startup to the world’s most valuable automaker.
—Bloomberg, Orange County Register, 15 May 2024
Housed in a building that has been many things over the years — a laundromat, a parking garage — Pioche is today a scrappy, multipronged institution run by a collective of creative misfits.
—David Amsden, Travel + Leisure, 14 May 2024
Liberty will take on No. 2 Vintage in the second round, which defeated Derrick Blue’s scrappy Mt. Eden 19-1 in Napa.
—Joseph Dycus, The Mercury News, 14 May 2024
Their guitar work was scrappy and soulful and ragged and real and all those other underrated qualities that make for an exciting night of rock 'n' roll, the kind of night the Rolling Stones have always been so brilliant at delivering.
—Ed Masley, The Arizona Republic, 8 May 2024
Born in a crucial time of need at the start of the COVID-19 pandemic, this organization began as a scrappy operation — a handful of volunteers, food and toys purchased by the organizers themselves, and a dream to help a community dealing with food insecurity.
—Simrin Singh, CBS News, 4 May 2024
Pain and Brew had no connections to the gaming industry or to developers, so establishing the company felt like a scrappy startup, building custom servers and throwing DIY events, gradually earning the respect of the streaming community.
—Meaghan Garvey, Billboard, 2 May 2024
Adjective
Amy Winehouse was a scrappy Londoner with a palpable persona and a soulful voice that put her contemporaries to shame.
—Allaire Nuss, EW.com, 18 May 2024
And so the scrappy kid from Atlantic City, N.J., my world changed.
—Fortune Editors, Fortune, 15 May 2024
Still, there’s no clear executive to take the place of Musk, who’s widely seen as the driver behind its transformation from a scrappy Silicon Valley startup to the world’s most valuable automaker.
—Bloomberg, Orange County Register, 15 May 2024
Housed in a building that has been many things over the years — a laundromat, a parking garage — Pioche is today a scrappy, multipronged institution run by a collective of creative misfits.
—David Amsden, Travel + Leisure, 14 May 2024
Liberty will take on No. 2 Vintage in the second round, which defeated Derrick Blue’s scrappy Mt. Eden 19-1 in Napa.
—Joseph Dycus, The Mercury News, 14 May 2024
Their guitar work was scrappy and soulful and ragged and real and all those other underrated qualities that make for an exciting night of rock 'n' roll, the kind of night the Rolling Stones have always been so brilliant at delivering.
—Ed Masley, The Arizona Republic, 8 May 2024
Born in a crucial time of need at the start of the COVID-19 pandemic, this organization began as a scrappy operation — a handful of volunteers, food and toys purchased by the organizers themselves, and a dream to help a community dealing with food insecurity.
—Simrin Singh, CBS News, 4 May 2024
Pain and Brew had no connections to the gaming industry or to developers, so establishing the company felt like a scrappy startup, building custom servers and throwing DIY events, gradually earning the respect of the streaming community.
—Meaghan Garvey, Billboard, 2 May 2024
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“Scrappy.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/scrappy. Accessed 23 May. 2024.
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