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
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Seth Abramovitch, HollywoodReporter, 28 May 2026
The startup mentality can often be scrappy, and the AI tools available at the moment make the lure of custom builds all the more tempting.
—Emma Westley, Forbes.com, 28 May 2026
An importer and chef duo—both originally from Italy, both named Gabriele—run this scrappy Italian deli on one of Seattle’s oldest blocks in Pioneer Square.
—Allecia Vermillion, Bon Appetit Magazine, 26 May 2026
The Knicks will have to buckle down and win two of the next four contests against a scrappy Cleveland Cavaliers team, but the fans will unfortunately have to watch from the comfort of their own couches.
—Austin Perry Outkick, FOXNews.com, 23 May 2026
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Adjective
Listening to Badham revisit the making of Saturday Night Fever now, what emerges is not the polished mythology that has accumulated around the movie over the decades but something scrappier, stranger and much more human.
—Seth Abramovitch, HollywoodReporter, 28 May 2026
The startup mentality can often be scrappy, and the AI tools available at the moment make the lure of custom builds all the more tempting.
—Emma Westley, Forbes.com, 28 May 2026
An importer and chef duo—both originally from Italy, both named Gabriele—run this scrappy Italian deli on one of Seattle’s oldest blocks in Pioneer Square.
—Allecia Vermillion, Bon Appetit Magazine, 26 May 2026
The Knicks will have to buckle down and win two of the next four contests against a scrappy Cleveland Cavaliers team, but the fans will unfortunately have to watch from the comfort of their own couches.
—Austin Perry Outkick, FOXNews.com, 23 May 2026
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“Scrappy.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/scrappy. Accessed 3 Jun. 2026.
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