scrubby
Example Sentences
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Known as "the jungle", the camp is a scrubby patch of land beside a road and a railway line.
From BBC • May 18, 2026
Kharg Island, a scrubby stretch of land in the northern Gulf, handles almost all of Iran's crude exports and any attempt to seize it would mark a major escalation in the conflict, analysts say.
From Barron's • Mar. 11, 2026
Should I use precious column inches teasing out the scrubby understeer of a Toyota Sienna minivan?
From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 6, 2025
It was a landscape of scrubby shrubs and chaparral and grasses.
From Los Angeles Times • Aug. 10, 2025
After another few minutes, the road led them to a place where, off to the left, a shallow stream looped near, with willows and sheltering, scrubby bushes.
From "Tuck Everlasting" by Natalie Babbit
