scraggly
Example Sentences
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A shriek broke the dawn on the savannah, followed by more screeches and the rustle of branches: The wild Fongoli chimps were bidding each other good morning in the dry, scraggly Sahel.
From Barron's • Jan. 15, 2026
A scraggly crust punk wore a jacket patched with an upside-down American flag.
From Slate • Apr. 9, 2025
But he’s drawn to the one real tree — a humble, scraggly little thing — inspired by Hans Christian Andersen’s fairy tale “The Fir Tree.”
From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 13, 2024
The Vietnamese people smuggler emerged, briefly and hesitantly, from the shadows of a scraggly forest close to the northern French coastline.
From BBC • Oct. 28, 2024
I find dead wolves—a paw, a scraggly tail sticking up through snow.
From "Grendel" by John Gardner
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
