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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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Dennis Lim, The New York Review of Books, 25 Apr. 2026
Each zine was part of this larger project, a communal push to create a scrappy literary scene of our own.
—Literary Hub, 23 Apr. 2026
After Hawks center Tony Bradley was called for an offensive foul for setting a hard screen on Alvarado, the veteran McCollum got into it with the scrappy Knicks guard, jawing face-to-face in a moment that underscored the growing chippiness in the series.
—Peter Sblendorio, New York Daily News, 21 Apr. 2026
Texas Chainsaw is one of the more storied horror franchises in existence, which also happened to have scrappy independent roots.
—Aaron Couch, HollywoodReporter, 21 Apr. 2026
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Adjective
That same year the American independent filmmaker Sean Baker premiered his comedy caper Tangerine, shot on an iPhone 5s, at Sundance, aligning the emerging category of the cell phone movie with a tradition of scrappy, low-budget ingenuity.
—Dennis Lim, The New York Review of Books, 25 Apr. 2026
Each zine was part of this larger project, a communal push to create a scrappy literary scene of our own.
—Literary Hub, 23 Apr. 2026
After Hawks center Tony Bradley was called for an offensive foul for setting a hard screen on Alvarado, the veteran McCollum got into it with the scrappy Knicks guard, jawing face-to-face in a moment that underscored the growing chippiness in the series.
—Peter Sblendorio, New York Daily News, 21 Apr. 2026
Texas Chainsaw is one of the more storied horror franchises in existence, which also happened to have scrappy independent roots.
—Aaron Couch, HollywoodReporter, 21 Apr. 2026
See All Example Sentences for scrappy
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“Scrappy.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/scrappy. Accessed 28 Apr. 2026.
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