scab

Example Sentences

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On this, his third album, he picks at the scabs of northern working-class life, and rails against a system that leaves families mired in bureaucratic neglect.

From BBC

Another described her underarm skin as developing a pink rash which had "scabbed over".

From BBC

You are contagious and can spread chickenpox to other people from two days before the first spots develop until they have all formed scabs, which is usually five days after they first appear.

From BBC

They picked at this particular South Africa scab with their verbal armoury of salty snipes when a tense chase began.

From BBC

Further out, the oil fields of Kern County are like dinosaur relics — scabs on the surface of the earth.

From Los Angeles Times