scabby

Example Sentences

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Some days were clean, and then some days he was scabby and flaking.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 5, 2025

"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

Scratching your bow and scratching your scabby elbows!

From The New Yorker • Feb. 25, 2019

Brad Greer, 49, developed two scabby infections on each of his legs where rain boots had irritated his skin.

From New York Times • Sep. 11, 2017

The apple trees are covered with scabby apples, red ones and yellow ones; some of the apples have fallen off and are rotting on the ground.

From "Cat's Eye" by Margaret Atwood