scab

Example Sentences

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“These people believe that you take the scab off of a wound and take it off again and again until something miraculous happens,” Boritt grumbles to the camera.

From The Wall Street Journal

It was just beneath his skin where he couldn’t scratch at it or pick it like a scab.

From Literature

“I thought you might want to do something different today,” she said as she peeled at the Band-Aid on her elbow, revealing a bumpy scab underneath.

From Literature

Apples are also among the most heavily treated fruits, with pesticides used in particular to fight apple scab, the main fungal threat to orchards.

From Barron's

Except the fall wasn’t that bad, and it’s already scabbed over.

From Literature