scabby
Example Sentences
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Their life together is tinged with the absence of Lily’s mother, who only occasionally appears, thin-armed and scabby.
From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 5, 2023
"It was a busy weekend and there were a lot of people ready for a day out. There was me, absolutely stinking, wheeling this box and eating bits of scabby old sandwich."
From BBC • Jan. 16, 2023
Other buildings wear their age in their scabby, rain-damaged paint; Ishana was the sleek, prosperous beast in the pack.
From New York Times • Jul. 2, 2020
Scratching your bow and scratching your scabby elbows!
From The New Yorker • Feb. 25, 2019
The apple trees are covered with scabby apples, red ones and yellow ones; some of the apples have fallen off and are rotting on the ground.
From "Cat's Eye" by Margaret Atwood
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