mangy

Example Sentences

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Svelto is accustomed to seeing coyotes roaming around her neighborhood in Pasadena but they’re usually a lot smaller and mangy.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 24, 2026

He detonates narrative warfare wherever he goes, so it’s difficult to decipher what is planted to create spectacle to feed the mangy cult and what is a true trash fire of a human.

From Salon • Mar. 12, 2024

The women wear black slips, combat boots and mangy fur coats; the men, gray suits and conservatively wide ties.

From New York Times • May 21, 2023

“We don’t need no mangy groundhog in Pennsylvania predicting weather for us,” Terry Boothe, a fifth-generation Texan and Bob’s biggest fan, told reporters last year.

From Washington Post • Jan. 30, 2023

A mangy stray dog creeps toward us and begins sniffing me.

From "I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter" by Erika L. Sánchez