scruffier; scruffiest
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
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Unlike his predecessor, who played the Doctor as somewhat straight-laced, Troughton brought some flair to the Time Lord, with a scruffier appearance and more eccentric disposition.
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Stephanie Sengwe, PEOPLE, 23 Nov. 2025
Labubu, the plush toy line of scruffy cute-ugly monsters, could be headed to the big screen.
—Borys Kit, HollywoodReporter, 14 Nov. 2025
At least, meaning is what this Gavrilo (a wonderfully sad and scruffy Jake Berne) is after.
—Sara Holdren, Vulture, 13 Nov. 2025
We are honored to celebrate this scruffy superstar and crown him as America’s 2025 Hero Dog.
—Saman Shafiq, USA Today, 7 Nov. 2025
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Stephanie Sengwe, PEOPLE, 23 Nov. 2025
Labubu, the plush toy line of scruffy cute-ugly monsters, could be headed to the big screen.
—Borys Kit, HollywoodReporter, 14 Nov. 2025
At least, meaning is what this Gavrilo (a wonderfully sad and scruffy Jake Berne) is after.
—Sara Holdren, Vulture, 13 Nov. 2025
We are honored to celebrate this scruffy superstar and crown him as America’s 2025 Hero Dog.
—Saman Shafiq, USA Today, 7 Nov. 2025
See All Example Sentences for scruffy
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“Scruffy.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/scruffy. Accessed 2 Dec. 2025.
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