scuffed 1 of 2

past tense of scuff

scuffed

2 of 2

adjective

Example Sentences

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Recent Examples of scuffed
Verb
Sprinkle scouring powder over scuffed areas of the dish. Brandee Gruener, Southern Living, 19 Sep. 2025 Some of Chelsea’s other successful corner routines haven’t been quite as neat, with a series of half-clearances and scuffed contacts forcing scraps in the six-yard box before other teammates could apply the finishing touch. Thom Harris, New York Times, 11 Sep. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for scuffed
Verb
  • The lucky ticket scratched by Hawkins was for the $100,000 Extreme Cash game, according to lottery officials.
    Abigail Adams, PEOPLE, 1 Oct. 2025
  • With the envelope rule enforced, the match was scratched and the scoreboard adjusted to 12–5.
    Devlina Sarkar, MSNBC Newsweek, 28 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • And then, after Nakashima sent a first serve back into the middle with good depth, slightly tucking the Spaniard up, Alcaraz shuffled backward and detonated an inside-in forehand to win the match.
    Charlie Eccleshare, New York Times, 29 Sep. 2025
  • But what that led to, advocates and attorneys say, is that children in the state’s care continued to be in night to night placements and shuffled from home to home.
    Laura Bauer, Kansas City Star, 26 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • Ricci scraped together a $27,000 loan, but still came up $500 short.
    Emma Burleigh, Fortune, 1 Oct. 2025
  • Cindric scraped the outside wall on his qualifying lap and will start 26th.
    Reid Spencer, Kansas City Star, 28 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • By Dom Luszczyszyn, Sean Gentille and Shayna Goldman Coming into last season, the Washington Capitals had taken major steps to improve a roster that, by plenty of measures, had fluked its way into the postseason and summarily gotten stomped in the first round.
    The Athletic NHL, New York Times, 29 Sep. 2025
  • When the band quickly left before the encore, the elated, yet sweaty, audience clapped their hands and stomped their feet without virtually anyone leaving the building.
    Josh Chesler, AZCentral.com, 28 Sep. 2025
Adjective
  • It’s been a rough couple of years and an uneven few weeks for the Broncos’ secondary, which often finds itself on the receiving end of criticism for surrendering big plays and big passing yards.
    Shaun Goodwin, Idaho Statesman, 28 Sep. 2025
  • For the uninitiated, navigating the uneven streets in high heels is a balancing act.
    Abbey Hudetz, Travel + Leisure, 27 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • Except, of course, for that old dinosaur that somehow stumbled into a misplaced DeLorean, fired up the flux capacitor, and time travelled from the stone ages straight to the Uli beach.
    Dalton Ross, Entertainment Weekly, 2 Oct. 2025
  • Determined to keep searching, Hollie eventually stumbled on a TLC episode featuring a boy named Gio, who also had Schwartz-Jampel Syndrome.
    Jordan Greene, PEOPLE, 2 Oct. 2025

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“Scuffed.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/scuffed. Accessed 6 Oct. 2025.

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