scab

Examples Sentences

Examples are automatically compiled from online sources to show current usage. Read More Opinions expressed in the examples do not represent those of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback.
Recent Examples of scab For the first part, Marino intensified the paint job and added in scabs and crusty pieces of skin that were flaking off. Jazz Tangcay, Variety, 21 Sep. 2024 The optometrist was young, with a dark mustache and a scab between his eyebrows. Katie Gutierrez, TIME, 19 Sep. 2024 Rashes go through several stages, including scabs, before healing, the CDC says. George Petras, USA TODAY, 15 Aug. 2024 Picking scabs disrupts the wound-healing process and can cause more severe scarring. Christopher Bergland, Verywell Health, 23 July 2024 See all Example Sentences for scab 
Recent Examples of Synonyms for scab
Noun
  • Their review considered a range of potential harms, from carbon emissions to the risk of an AI system going rogue.
    Harry Booth, TIME, 12 Dec. 2024
  • The second update lets Android users find rogue trackers.
    Jibin Joseph, PCMAG, 12 Dec. 2024
Noun
  • But think like a scoundrel for a second, like Star Wars Outlaws asks you to.
    Joshua Rivera, Vulture, 30 Aug. 2024
  • The plot is very old-school Conan Doyle, with scoundrels in sideburns and evil temptresses in gaudy frilly outfits.
    Christopher Arnott, Hartford Courant, 2 Feb. 2024
Noun
  • The wretch in question has cut down one of the speaker’s spruce trees without his permission.
    Casey Cep, The New Yorker, 23 Dec. 2023
  • Had this poor wretch been well supplied with friends and money the result, as in numerous other instances, might have been different.
    San Diego Union-Tribune, San Diego Union-Tribune, 3 Mar. 2023
Noun
  • Or even an appearance from Tom Holland’s Peter Parker that would mean two hours haven’t been wasted watching this forgettable origin tale of a villain who’s not really THAT bad.
    Brian Truitt, USA TODAY, 14 Dec. 2024
  • Sony still had the film rights to multiple Spider-Man villains and side-characters, and thus, went to work building its own universe.
    Dani Di Placido, Forbes, 13 Dec. 2024
Noun
  • The startled roughnecks fled as six tons of four-inch drilling pipe came shooting up out of the ground.
    Michael Barnes, Austin American-Statesman, 12 Jan. 2024
  • Premiere date: November 17 Where to stream Landman: Paramount+ Synopsis: From Yellowstone co-creator Taylor Sheridan, Landman is based in the heart of Texas and follows roughnecks and billionaires trying to get rich quickly in the oil industry.
    Monica Mercuri, Forbes, 1 Nov. 2024
Noun
  • Ever since 2008’s Taken opened up a surprisingly durable late-career reinvention for Liam Neeson as a taciturn action star of tough-guy dad thrillers, frequently dispatching lowlifes who mess with his family, it’s become the norm to expect more of the same.
    David Rooney, The Hollywood Reporter, 30 Oct. 2024
  • The writer of this pile of garbage, Gabe Sherman, a lowlife and talentless hack, who has long been widely discredited, knew that, but chose to ignore it.
    Kevin Dolak, The Hollywood Reporter, 14 Oct. 2024
Noun
  • The suave scamp buoys a ship taking on water, and the second and third episodes (of the eight-episode first season) pick up speed as their imagination balloons (thanks, in part, to director David Lowery).
    Ben Travers, IndieWire, 2 Dec. 2024
  • Silvio Berlusconi, that lovable scamp, made the sign behind the back of the Spanish foreign minister, Josep Piqué, at an official picture-taking of the European Union in 2002.
    Jay Nordlinger, National Review, 2 Dec. 2024
Noun
  • Orange cats have earned an online reputation for being chaotic, energetic rascals.
    Gayoung Lee, Smithsonian Magazine, 10 Dec. 2024
  • Eventually, Sergei — now going by Kraven — begins knocking off a growing list of poachers, corporate rascals and international kingpins.
    David Fear, Rolling Stone, 5 Dec. 2024

Thesaurus Entries Near scab

Cite this Entry

“Scab.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/scab. Accessed 21 Dec. 2024.

More from Merriam-Webster on scab

Last Updated: - Updated example sentences
Love words? Need even more definitions?

Subscribe to America's largest dictionary and get thousands more definitions and advanced search—ad free!