scruffy

Example Sentences

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In the first, Lopez, wearing a crew-neck shirt, glasses and a scruffy beard, stands in his garage in front of a black Lamborghini.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 10, 2026

A few years later, scorned by the king, Magellan is limping around Lisbon like a scruffy, taskless animal.

From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 9, 2026

After all, Robertson was the scruffy little fat lad who conquered all of Europe twice.

From BBC • Dec. 25, 2025

They voted for a scruffy guy in a leather jacket promising pain now, gain later.

From Barron's • Oct. 31, 2025

There are other newspaper pictures too, showing thin- looking children in scruffy clothes, standing in front of piles of rubble.

From "Cat's Eye" by Margaret Atwood