scraggly
Example Sentences
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A shriek broke the dawn on the savannah, followed by more screeches and the rustle of branches: The wild Fongoli chimps were bidding each other good morning in the dry, scraggly Sahel.
From Barron's • Jan. 15, 2026
In Netflix’s “Too Much,” Megan Stalter plays Jessica, a New Yorker who decides to move to London, scraggly dog in tow, after a bad breakup.
From Los Angeles Times • Jul. 10, 2025
A scraggly crust punk wore a jacket patched with an upside-down American flag.
From Slate • Apr. 9, 2025
The Vietnamese people smuggler emerged, briefly and hesitantly, from the shadows of a scraggly forest close to the northern French coastline.
From BBC • Oct. 28, 2024
The fishermen all swiveled around to stare at Tali, and one of them—a man with a long, scraggly gray beard—said, “You’d be better off avoiding that place.”
From "Huntress" by Malinda Lo
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
