scrubbier; scrubbiest
Examples of scrubby in a Sentence
changed into an old flannel shirt and a scrubby pair of jeans to clean out the garage
Recent Examples on the Web
Banks are fringed with grasses and scrubby trees, as colorful hills slant down to the water.
—
Roger Naylor, AZCentral.com, 29 Jan. 2026
The landscape of Rapa Nui probably never incorporated the sort of primeval forest of palm trees imagined in popular accounts, Pitts writes, but was more mixed, and scrubbier, with no one species of charismatic megaflora dominating.
—Margaret Talbot, New Yorker, 26 Jan. 2026
Something about the slightly sticky, scrubby texture of a dryer sheet makes quick work of dusting.
—Brandee Gruener, Southern Living, 15 Jan. 2026
As such, its mass of untamed, scrubby green can today be traipsed through on foot or horseback, via ethereal blue coves such as Cala Marinella, the odd wandering fox and to the soothing rhythm of Aleppo pines rustling in the hot wind.
—Rosalyn Wikeley, Condé Nast Traveler, 10 Jan. 2026
See All Example Sentences for scrubby
Examples are automatically compiled from online sources to
show current usage.
Read More
Opinions expressed in the examples do not represent those of Merriam-Webster or its editors.
Send us feedback.
Roger Naylor, AZCentral.com, 29 Jan. 2026
The landscape of Rapa Nui probably never incorporated the sort of primeval forest of palm trees imagined in popular accounts, Pitts writes, but was more mixed, and scrubbier, with no one species of charismatic megaflora dominating.
—Margaret Talbot, New Yorker, 26 Jan. 2026
Something about the slightly sticky, scrubby texture of a dryer sheet makes quick work of dusting.
—Brandee Gruener, Southern Living, 15 Jan. 2026
As such, its mass of untamed, scrubby green can today be traipsed through on foot or horseback, via ethereal blue coves such as Cala Marinella, the odd wandering fox and to the soothing rhythm of Aleppo pines rustling in the hot wind.
—Rosalyn Wikeley, Condé Nast Traveler, 10 Jan. 2026
See All Example Sentences for scrubby
Cite this Entry
“Scrubby.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/scrubby. Accessed 2 Feb. 2026.
Copy CitationLove words? Need even more definitions?
Merriam-Webster unabridged
