- present tense form of scrub (3rd person singular).
scrubs
Example Sentences
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In fact, if you come as a visitor, you have to put on scrubs so you fit in — and you feel really uncomfortable and you can’t wait to leave.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 6, 2026
Women in green scrubs and hairnets were lined up to greet her as her stretcher rolled out of the elevator.
From Salon ● May 27, 2026
Various male doctors or nurses in green scrubs are seen in the video on Kildow's Instagram handle.
From Barron's ● Feb. 20, 2026
Zielinski saw the videos on social media and learned that it was Pretti when she saw a photo of him wearing his nursing scrubs.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 1, 2026
While Chou scrubs the grime off her clothes, I float face up in the water.
From "First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers" by Loung Ung
