scabrous
Example Sentences
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David Yow’s scabrous post-hardcore band took Albini’s legacy of honest, blistering noise and made some of the best rock records of the ’90s like “Liar” and “Goat.”
From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 7, 2024
The theater lost the case, and both “Saved” and Bond’s next play, “Early Morning,” a scabrous satire on British royalty, were banned in Britain.
From Seattle Times • Mar. 5, 2024
His songs blended the scabrous and the sentimental, ranging from carousing anthems to snapshots of life in the gutter to unexpectedly tender love songs.
From Washington Times • Nov. 30, 2023
Closing track Pop The Balloon is a scabrous onslaught of cactus-prick guitar riffs, as the inhabitants fall out and the seeds of revolution are sown.
From BBC • Jul. 5, 2023
A man with scabrous lesions spanning his cheeks stepped forward.
From "Hollow City" by Ransom Riggs
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