scruffier; scruffiest
Examples of scruffy in a Sentence
The neighborhood is full of dilapidated houses with scruffy backyards.
dressed in scruffy old clothes to clean out the garage
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How did a scruffy comedy about five of TV’s all-time-worst human beings last this long and do so well?
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Alan Sepinwall, Rolling Stone, 22 June 2025
Both pups have one floppy ear and a scruffy coat that begs to be cuddled.
—Kelli Bender, People.com, 20 June 2025
On a sunny April afternoon in Seattle, around 40 activists gathered at the Pine Box, a beer and pizza bar in the sometimes scruffy Capitol Hill neighborhood.
—Aarian Marshall, Wired News, 16 June 2025
In a thoroughly awful game, Spurs played poorly but managed to just about sneak past Manchester United with an incredibly scruffy goal.
—Zak Garner-Purkis, Forbes.com, 30 May 2025
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Alan Sepinwall, Rolling Stone, 22 June 2025
Both pups have one floppy ear and a scruffy coat that begs to be cuddled.
—Kelli Bender, People.com, 20 June 2025
On a sunny April afternoon in Seattle, around 40 activists gathered at the Pine Box, a beer and pizza bar in the sometimes scruffy Capitol Hill neighborhood.
—Aarian Marshall, Wired News, 16 June 2025
In a thoroughly awful game, Spurs played poorly but managed to just about sneak past Manchester United with an incredibly scruffy goal.
—Zak Garner-Purkis, Forbes.com, 30 May 2025
See All Example Sentences for scruffy
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“Scruffy.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/scruffy. Accessed 5 Jul. 2025.
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