scuffing

Example Sentences

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Pile on enough and you flirt with the risk of scuffing the roof of your mouth, which feels, to me, like an essential part of the experience.

From Salon • Dec. 16, 2025

David Datro Fofana was guilty of one of the misses of the season shortly before the interval, somehow scuffing his shot wide after Lorenz Assignon had picked out the young Ivorian.

From BBC • Mar. 16, 2024

In a nondescript Culver City warehouse, members of the metal band Avenged Sevenfold wear protective booties over their shoes to avoid scuffing the floor-to-ceiling green screen.

From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 6, 2023

She scowled, scuffing her bejeweled lavender Crocs against the cement and ignoring her mother.

From Washington Post • Apr. 16, 2023

I step forward, my clumsy feet scuffing the floor, echoing across the stillness.

From "The Adoration of Jenna Fox" by Mary E. Pearson