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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Bravo was spotted rocking a scruffy full beard and a longer hairdo.
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Charna Flam, People.com, 24 Mar. 2025
And it’s paid off; Laymon notes that several people are surprised to see his name in the end credits and even more shocked to realize that the grizzled man sporting scruffy stubble is Stewart.
—Jenelle Riley, Variety, 21 Mar. 2025
The video, which features scruffy cartoons, including a tech-obsessed nun, exploded.
—thehustle.co, 21 Mar. 2025
Viewed from a distance through a telephoto lens, his demise in a godforsaken town, at the hands of Somoza’s troops, is random, scruffy, and dumb.
—Anthony Lane, The New Yorker, 3 Mar. 2025
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Charna Flam, People.com, 24 Mar. 2025
And it’s paid off; Laymon notes that several people are surprised to see his name in the end credits and even more shocked to realize that the grizzled man sporting scruffy stubble is Stewart.
—Jenelle Riley, Variety, 21 Mar. 2025
The video, which features scruffy cartoons, including a tech-obsessed nun, exploded.
—thehustle.co, 21 Mar. 2025
Viewed from a distance through a telephoto lens, his demise in a godforsaken town, at the hands of Somoza’s troops, is random, scruffy, and dumb.
—Anthony Lane, The New Yorker, 3 Mar. 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 31 Mar. 2025.
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