scab

Example Sentences

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Also they’re at odds with the history that shaped them, picking at scabs from decades back.

From Los Angeles Times

Twenty years later, we are still picking at the scabs.

From Washington Post

They pull parasites off each other, pick at scabs, put Q-tips in their ears against medical advice, and generally just use their dexterity to groom themselves and others.

From Scientific American

Al Davis, the owner, requested a good number of the scabs to stick around to help scrimmage against the back-again Raiders and reacclimate the men to combat.

From Los Angeles Times

Sophia showed bruises and scabs on her leg, according to her aunt, and also told the social worker her mother would “make me say things that are not true.”

From Los Angeles Times