How to Use scrappy in a Sentence

scrappy

adjective

• These weren’t just scrappy kids of the same age, like the Kentucky Derby.
  — Bill Dwyre, Los Angeles Times, 31 Dec. 2023
• And that’s the front end of a back-to-back — the scrappy Bulls come to San Francisco on Thursday.
  — Dieter Kurtenbach, The Mercury News, 28 Feb. 2024
• The scrappier corners of the avant-garde are no longer off limits to the mainstream press.
  — Charles McNulty, Los Angeles Times, 19 Mar. 2024
• The Panthers made six three pointers against a scrappy Keller squad.
  — Charles Baggarly, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 5 Mar. 2024
• In the present, the group fought and clawed — albeit in a losing effort — against a scrappy Commodores squad.
  — Ryan Black, The Courier-Journal, 2 Mar. 2023
• The Fuel were scrappy, in moments, against the Atlanta Reign.
  — Dallas News, 18 June 2022
• Austin Peay was scrappy, taking big shots and trying a few big plays.
  — Michael Casagrande | [e-mail], al, 19 Nov. 2022
• The scrappy ragtag team, the gruff but kind coach, the against-the-odds triumph — sports dramas rarely veer far from a basic template.
  — Sheri Linden, The Hollywood Reporter, 15 Dec. 2023
• This team will be scrappy but may take some time to jell into a cohesive unit.
  — Rich Scherr, baltimoresun.com, 7 Dec. 2021
• The next 48 hours will feel like early March, with scrappy clouds and a fistful of flurries; daytime highs stranded in the 40s.
  — Paul Douglas, Star Tribune, 19 Apr. 2021
• There was a lot of running around, getting dirty, and needing to be scrappy to get enough to eat at dinnertime.
  — Kay Cannon, Glamour, 3 Sep. 2021
• The Texans have been scrappy of late, but their league-worst run defense will be challenged by their arch nemesis.
  — Jaylon Thompson, USA TODAY, 24 Dec. 2022
• Small-scale producers, on the other hand, must get scrappy.
  — Ashley Stimpson, Washington Post, 12 Mar. 2024
• Following the demise of Blue Angel, the scrappy singer worked in retail stores and sang in local clubs in order to make ends meet.
  — Stephanie Sengwe, Peoplemag, 22 June 2023
• The truth is, the best way to validate the merits of a new idea is by crafting scrappy experiments.
  — Rodger Dean Duncan, Forbes, 27 Dec. 2022
• The Eagles were just as scrappy — if not more than North Carolina — with ball pressure and man-to-man defense.
  — Alexis Cubit, The Courier-Journal, 26 Jan. 2024
• That might be at least in part because the scrappy comedy doesn’t have any glory days to relive.
  — Lili Loofbourow, Washington Post, 23 Feb. 2023
• Cohn: The tours before The Ugly Organ were super scrappy.
  — Josh Chesler, SPIN, 4 Mar. 2023
• Green Day formed in Berkeley, in the late eighties, and had been a crucial part of the scene at 924 Gilman Street, a scrappy, independent all-ages punk club.
  — Amanda Petrusich, The New Yorker, 22 Jan. 2024
• Slow start to this game with neither team shooting well but plenty of scrappy defense.
  — Parker Gabriel, The Denver Post, 11 Mar. 2024
• Rambo was thin and scrappy, with a sly grin that seldom broke into laughter.
  — Luke Mogelson, The New Yorker, 26 Dec. 2022
• In part, Brown said, this is because Ukraine’s army has been innovative and scrappy.
  — Samanth Subramanian, WIRED, 5 Oct. 2023
• The small plane hovers low above the scrappy forest canopy, with rivers below colored a murky yellow due to mining waste.
  — Ana Ionova, The Christian Science Monitor, 15 Mar. 2024
• The Pistons are sometimes scrappy, but their lack of energy for a full 48 minutes has cost them a lot this season.
  — Detroit Free Press, 24 Jan. 2023
• Imam was different from the scrappy Steubenville types with whom Barnes had spent his twenties.
  — Emma Green, New Yorker, 17 Apr. 2026
• While national parks have big-sibling swagger, state parks bring a scrappy, middle-child energy.
  — Julia Sayers Gokhale, Midwest Living, 17 Apr. 2026
• Grant was the scrappier team, served consistently and had plenty of big swings on the net.
  — Justin Vigil Zuniga, Daily News, 14 Apr. 2026
• The scrappy downtown energy is still very much intact.
  — Dave Quinn, PEOPLE, 13 Apr. 2026
• Zendaya’s scrappy character would never be caught dead with nail extensions.
  — Ariel Wodarcyk, InStyle, 12 Apr. 2026
• This is still a scrappy operation.
  — Maya Singer, Vogue, 8 Apr. 2026