scruffy

Example Sentences

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While core elements like electricity and running water are functioning, lifts and toilets remain covered in plastic wraps and are scruffy in appearance.

From BBC • Jan. 31, 2026

Joseph’s look contrasts with the somewhat scruffy beard and receding hairline of the donor kneeling at the right.

From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 26, 2025

They voted for a scruffy guy in a leather jacket promising pain now, gain later.

From Barron's • Oct. 31, 2025

And yet “Steve,” sincere in its hardcore concern, believably acted, is too scattered and schematically plotted to fully pull us into the emotional toll and scruffy joys of this work.

From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 19, 2025

Their hair was scruffy, and Maybeth’s curls looked tangled.

From "Homecoming" by Cynthia Voigt