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Their dents, scuffs and scratches appear like wrinkles in a well-done portrait, delicately drawn by time, evidence of wisdom and durability rather than decline.

It can stand up against most scuffs and bumps, but it’s not indestructible.

An integrated, rubberized chainstay and down-tube protection were added to reduce potential damage in these usual spots, and a clear 3M strip keeps the upper down tube safe from tailgate scuffs.

If it will make it easier for you to locate your footwear, keeps it safe from scuffs and damage, and is within your budget—and you don’t hate how it looks—then that’s the best one for you!

Stretch gaiters stop the snow from sneaking in and reinforced scuff guards provide additional durability.

You need some scuff marks from the great merry-go-round we call life.

Scuff it up, patinate it, so that it feels more physically, viscerally real, and a little less perfect.

There was a pause during which she continued to scuff the curbstone with her shoe, Jane likewise scuffing the fence-picket.

What joy it was to us to scuff through the painted fallen leaves and send them flying like showers of jewels before us!

And you could scuff when you walked and pile up fallen leaves from the grass and roll in them.

Rose heard her through, and then very kindly informed her that "she was a fool to care for such a rough-scuff."

They are like pebbles in our pathway; sometimes we never even see them, but carelessly scuff them aside as we walk.

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On this page you'll find 48 synonyms, antonyms, and words related to scuff, such as: change, confuse, disarrange, disarray, discompose, and dislocate.

From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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