Scruffy

//ˈskɹaf.i//

"Scruffy" in a Sentence (17 examples)

When I was young, I was a bit scruffy and there were times when I didn't take a bath for up to two weeks during the summer.

Tom is scruffy, isn't he?

Sami saw a scruffy old dog.

Sami's cats looked scruffy.

Mary is scruffy, isn't she?

Yanni was so scruffy that people thought he was crazy.

Yanni is so scruffy that people think he's a crazy and homeless person.

Tom noticed a scruffy old dog following him.

Tom noticed that a scruffy old dog was following him.

Ziri looked scruffy.

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A scruffy little dog came scampering down the road.

scruffy clothes

scruffy man

scruffy outfit

"So you wanna be a rock 'n roll star?!" screams the centerspread of a scruffy rag produced by the Boston activist group Rock Against Sexism (R.A.S.) Amid a jumbled collage picturing shaggy-headed, bare-chested, "fuckin' awesome" white guy rockers, photo captions tell us how to succeed at rock 'n roll.

And I will think of my father, sun-baked, scruffy and far from home, stalking the wilds of Clapham Common, saved from a dinner of roasted aesculin by people who knew the importance of making someone feel at home.

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