scab

Example Sentences

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“These people believe that you take the scab off of a wound and take it off again and again until something miraculous happens,” Boritt grumbles to the camera.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 12, 2026

Apples are also among the most heavily treated fruits, with pesticides used in particular to fight apple scab, the main fungal threat to orchards.

From Barron's • Jan. 29, 2026

“It’s been a long-term process,” Tammie said as she pointed to a fresh scab on her husband’s scalp from a recent fall.

From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 20, 2023

"If the pesticides were of reliable quality, the scab in our orchards would be less," Mr Bhat says.

From BBC • Dec. 6, 2023

So that neither she nor the alive love of her will fade or scab over the way it had with Violet.

From "Jazz" by Toni Morrison