scabby
Example Sentences
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Something is genuinely off about the goings-on at the conference, from strange deaths and elevators that suddenly aren’t elevators, to a rash of scabby infections afflicting guests and the discovery of a subterranean tunnel.
From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 11, 2024
"My daughter has a rash across her leg, which is scabby and itchy, and my eldest has anxiety and worries constantly about the mould."
From BBC • Feb. 2, 2024
I caught a glimpse of ruined bungalows and scabby pastures, and at a hill-like dump, a pack of dogs tearing at garbage.
From Slate • Dec. 29, 2020
I was the kid who whose body was covered with eczema - raw, red, oozing and scabby.
From New York Times • Aug. 24, 2016
“No, like all scabby and gross. She was biting an old rope. She tried to make me stick my hand in some box.”
From "Fablehaven" by Brandon Mull
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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.