scabby

Example Sentences

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Their life together is tinged with the absence of Lily’s mother, who only occasionally appears, thin-armed and scabby.

From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 5, 2023

"It was a busy weekend and there were a lot of people ready for a day out. There was me, absolutely stinking, wheeling this box and eating bits of scabby old sandwich."

From BBC • Jan. 16, 2023

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

He describes reef rashes, sun-caused cataracts, scabby ears, a broken nose, cuts from sea-urchin spines and mottled arms that may presage skin cancer.

From New York Times • Jul. 21, 2015

But now we were face to face with huge, scabby, yellow-toothed, angry rats, looking at us with eyes reddened with anger.

From "The Wednesday Wars" by Gary D. Schmidt