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 • Feb. 12, 2026

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 • Jan. 29, 2026

They picked at this particular South Africa scab with their verbal armoury of salty snipes when a tense chase began.

From BBC • Jun. 14, 2025

There’s always that issue of, do you really want to pull the scab off an old scar and open the wound?

From Seattle Times • Mar. 1, 2024

I’m sitting on my horse blanket in the corner, brushing away the flies that have been tormenting me all morning, flitting from scab to scab.

From "Water for Elephants" by Sara Gruen