scuffing

Example Sentences

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Pile on enough and you flirt with the risk of scuffing the roof of your mouth, which feels, to me, like an essential part of the experience.

From Salon • Dec. 16, 2025

Lukens and tumbled, scuffing elbows and knees, and snapping the aluminum shaft of one of his walking sticks.

From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 25, 2025

Toney also provided the second-half cross Keane Lewis-Potter failed to covert from close range and also, through his strength and awareness, triggered an attack that ended with the former Hull man scuffing a shot wide.

From BBC • Jan. 20, 2024

Rather than trying to remove the hundreds of feet of tape, which was supposed to protect against scuffing, the company may cover it with a safer material.

From Seattle Times • Jun. 1, 2023

I step forward, my clumsy feet scuffing the floor, echoing across the stillness.

From "The Adoration of Jenna Fox" by Mary E. Pearson