scruffy

Example Sentences

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The scruffy schoolboy-look was rectified by an anonymous figure inadvertently stealing the situation's authority.

From BBC • Feb. 15, 2026

In the first, Lopez, wearing a crew-neck shirt, glasses and a scruffy beard, stands in his garage in front of a black Lamborghini.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 10, 2026

"It was pretty tough this morning. Feel like I hit some pretty scruffy golf shots, which in some ways is to be expected."

From Barron's • Jan. 22, 2026

The 33-year-old country star talks about the scruffy self-titled LP he made with producer Frank Liddell.

From Los Angeles Times • Jul. 9, 2025

The rabbit zigged one last time around a scruffy boulder, ducked under an ancient century plant and stopped—dead—directly beneath the mare.

From This Side of Wild by Gary Paulsen