scrawnier; scrawniest
: exceptionally thin and slight or meager in body or size
scrawny scrub cattle
scrawniness
noun
Examples of scrawny in a Sentence
The only plants in their yard were a couple of scrawny bushes.
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The Patient’s Friends Hospital overflows with parents bringing in scrawny children – 200 to 300 cases a day, said Soboh.
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Wafaa Shurafa, Chicago Tribune, 25 July 2025
Hundreds of malnourished kids brought daily The Patient’s Friends Hospital overflows with parents bringing in scrawny children – 200 to 300 cases a day, said Soboh.
—Wafaa Shurafa, Twin Cities, 25 July 2025
There’s the scrawny young assistant, the make-up artists and hair stylists, the friends, an older photographer who lives in an apartment in the same building.
—Literary Hub, 25 July 2025
Whereas his father is macho and courageous, Hiccup comes across scrawny and sensitive.
—Peter Debruge, Variety, 9 June 2025
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Wafaa Shurafa, Chicago Tribune, 25 July 2025
Hundreds of malnourished kids brought daily The Patient’s Friends Hospital overflows with parents bringing in scrawny children – 200 to 300 cases a day, said Soboh.
—Wafaa Shurafa, Twin Cities, 25 July 2025
There’s the scrawny young assistant, the make-up artists and hair stylists, the friends, an older photographer who lives in an apartment in the same building.
—Literary Hub, 25 July 2025
Whereas his father is macho and courageous, Hiccup comes across scrawny and sensitive.
—Peter Debruge, Variety, 9 June 2025
See All Example Sentences for scrawny
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“Scrawny.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/scrawny. Accessed 19 Aug. 2025.
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