scummy
Example Sentences
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But it’s not too late to rescue even a disaster like scummy tea.
From New York Times • Jan. 24, 2024
Of course that would be scummy, and it sounds like it must be fraud.
From Slate • Dec. 6, 2022
Listen, spin docs: Quit rebranding pols who’ve acted scummy!
From Washington Post • Sep. 22, 2022
NVHAP, a risk for virtually all hospital patients, is often caused by bacteria from the mouth that gathers in the scummy biofilm on unbrushed teeth and is aspirated into the lungs.
From Salon • Jul. 17, 2022
Mama was wrestling that hide out of the stream now, where it had been soaking for days and nights, gathering up its scummy, woolly slime.
From "The Birchbark House" by Louise Erdrich
