scrappy

Example Sentences

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Apple has come a long way from its days as a scrappy underdog in the personal-computing world.

From MarketWatch • Mar. 31, 2026

If England had picked up two or three more wins in slightly scrappy fashion, the numbers would look a lot healthier.

From BBC • Mar. 15, 2026

"We now have a reference point that allows us to accurately identify more scrappy finds and map out evolutionary transitions in anatomy and body size."

From Science Daily • Mar. 10, 2026

Across town, a new fair, ENZO—intimately scaled and founded by collector R Parmar—brings nine downtown New York galleries together in a participation-fee-free exhibition that offers a scrappy, DIY alternative to this week’s other events.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 26, 2026

Johnny, smaller and leaner, became a proficient and scrappy fighter but never achieved his brother’s success.

From "Seabiscuit: An American Legend" by Laura Hillenbrand