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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Somehow, this unlikely assemblage of personalities transformed a roster of scruffy underdogs into the Team of the ’80s.
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Daniel Brown, New York Times, 1 Feb. 2026
The scruffy stage manager, Bunny, turns out to be posher than the monocled director, Meredith.
—Christopher Tayler, Harpers Magazine, 27 Jan. 2026
All but unrecognizable behind his scruffy beard, Poulter blends right in with these hard-knock folks, whose homemade tattoos and missing teeth are the real deal.
—Peter Debruge, Variety, 25 Jan. 2026
Cooper Hoffman giving us a scruffy Zoomer update of ’80s Tom Hanks.
—David Ehrlich, IndieWire, 24 Jan. 2026
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Daniel Brown, New York Times, 1 Feb. 2026
The scruffy stage manager, Bunny, turns out to be posher than the monocled director, Meredith.
—Christopher Tayler, Harpers Magazine, 27 Jan. 2026
All but unrecognizable behind his scruffy beard, Poulter blends right in with these hard-knock folks, whose homemade tattoos and missing teeth are the real deal.
—Peter Debruge, Variety, 25 Jan. 2026
Cooper Hoffman giving us a scruffy Zoomer update of ’80s Tom Hanks.
—David Ehrlich, IndieWire, 24 Jan. 2026
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 10 Feb. 2026.
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