scruffy

Example Sentences

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The first goal Salah scored was a scruffy, bundled effort from on the goalline in a 3-3 draw at Watford on the opening day of his first season.

From BBC • Mar. 24, 2026

"It was pretty tough this morning. Feel like I hit some pretty scruffy golf shots, which in some ways is to be expected."

From Barron's • Jan. 22, 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

There’s no way for a general moviegoer to know what the ratio of fiction to nonfiction in is a scruffy DIY object like “Burt,” with characters playing versions of themselves.

From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 12, 2025

And as this scruffy vehicle coasted noisily to a colorful exhaust-belching halt, it happened to obliterate from Bernabe’s view the lone parking meter in town.

From "The Milagro Beanfield War" by John Nichols