scraggy
Example Sentences
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The soldiers call it a forest, though it's just a line of scraggy trees separating them from Russian positions.
From BBC
He said: "A scraggy dog hit me square between the shoulders and knocked me over. I'd never been so glad to see the old girl. And I think she felt the same".
From BBC
Alberto Giacometti’s sculptures of tall, elegantly scraggy humans loom large in people’s minds.
From Seattle Times
“There are a lot of very old, scraggy toothbrushes out there.”
From The Guardian
Goat-horned half-demons with scraggy coats of fur, lolling tongues and threatening bundles of birch branches are no one’s idea of a welcome guest on a winter’s night.
From The Guardian
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