scruffier; scruffiest
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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
Recent Examples on the Web
This scruffy but finely nuanced drama follows an unusual group of characters: four Sasquatches—mythical beings better known singly, as Bigfoot—making their way through the forests of the Pacific Northwest in the course of a year.
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Richard Brody, The New Yorker, 5 Apr. 2024
Marchant, a scruffy professor at BU, was a rock star of rock study.
—David Kushner, WIRED, 4 Apr. 2024
Flagstaff had a scruffy edge in those days, but today the town has a more youthful, optimistic feel, and a new generation of astronauts is training there.
—Leslie Camhi, Travel + Leisure, 30 Mar. 2024
Wearing his red union baseball cap and tending the blaze inside an oil drum, Mr. Bohne, 56, looks like a scruffy Santa Claus.
—Erika Solomon, New York Times, 22 Mar. 2024
Stern is seventy-one, with a scruffy white beard and a taste for casual attire.
—Eyal Press, The New Yorker, 13 Mar. 2024
The motley crew of mutts include the scruffy border terrier Reggie (Ferrell), Boston terrier Bug (Foxx), Australian shepherd Maggie (Fisher), and Great Dane Hunter (Park).
—Devan Coggan, EW.com, 15 Aug. 2023
Its scruffy cross-hatching, dazzling lighting and punkish energy indicate an official shift from realism to expressionism.
—Amy Nicholson, Los Angeles Times, 7 Mar. 2024
Tall, blond and scruffy, Mr. Anderson hails from a monster truck dynasty out of Kill Devil Hills, N.C.
—Paul McAdory, New York Times, 6 Feb. 2024
Richard Brody, The New Yorker, 5 Apr. 2024
Marchant, a scruffy professor at BU, was a rock star of rock study.
—David Kushner, WIRED, 4 Apr. 2024
Flagstaff had a scruffy edge in those days, but today the town has a more youthful, optimistic feel, and a new generation of astronauts is training there.
—Leslie Camhi, Travel + Leisure, 30 Mar. 2024
Wearing his red union baseball cap and tending the blaze inside an oil drum, Mr. Bohne, 56, looks like a scruffy Santa Claus.
—Erika Solomon, New York Times, 22 Mar. 2024
Stern is seventy-one, with a scruffy white beard and a taste for casual attire.
—Eyal Press, The New Yorker, 13 Mar. 2024
The motley crew of mutts include the scruffy border terrier Reggie (Ferrell), Boston terrier Bug (Foxx), Australian shepherd Maggie (Fisher), and Great Dane Hunter (Park).
—Devan Coggan, EW.com, 15 Aug. 2023
Its scruffy cross-hatching, dazzling lighting and punkish energy indicate an official shift from realism to expressionism.
—Amy Nicholson, Los Angeles Times, 7 Mar. 2024
Tall, blond and scruffy, Mr. Anderson hails from a monster truck dynasty out of Kill Devil Hills, N.C.
—Paul McAdory, New York Times, 6 Feb. 2024
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“Scruffy.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/scruffy. Accessed 19 Apr. 2024.
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