scuzzy
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It’s natural to view the temporary mixing of Willard R. Abbott’s earnest teachers with the scuzzy simpletons who barely run the worst bar in America as, um, entirely unnatural.
From Salon ● Jan. 8, 2025
The Birthday Party favored a rancorous spirit, writing scuzzy songs and descending into mayhem at every turn.
From Seattle Times ● Dec. 20, 2023
I rode immaculately clean trains and buses and a few that looked and smelled scuzzy.
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 3, 2023
“He’d been thinking about this slightly scuzzy, crazed version of Batman,” Pattinson said.
From New York Times ● Feb. 28, 2022
I know they’re just for decoration, but they make me feel safe from all the scheming, scuzzy fire-starters.
From "Challenger Deep" by Neal Shusterman
Justin Tranter, a fellow pop songwriter who also started in scuzzier bands, called Ms. Geiger a “musician’s musician” — one whose coming out helps to shift the landscape for queer creators.
From New York Times ● Jul. 5, 2018
So it's strange to find her latest release, Birds, darker and scuzzier sounding, as if it were an original '60s session tape rediscovered in an old suitcase.
From Time Magazine Archive
It worked – lost in the scuzziest corners of the Italian movie industry, Gilderoy feels like the human embodiment of his hometown.
From The Guardian ● Aug. 23, 2012
