scrappy

Example Sentences

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Apple has come a long way from its days as a scrappy underdog in the personal-computing world.

From MarketWatch • Mar. 31, 2026

"We now have a reference point that allows us to accurately identify more scrappy finds and map out evolutionary transitions in anatomy and body size."

From Science Daily • Mar. 10, 2026

The Scot clinched three scrappy frames before making breaks of 75 and 67 to win the contest 5-0.

From BBC • Feb. 27, 2026

Across town, a new fair, ENZO—intimately scaled and founded by collector R Parmar—brings nine downtown New York galleries together in a participation-fee-free exhibition that offers a scrappy, DIY alternative to this week’s other events.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 26, 2026

We had lived in some pretty scrappy places back in the desert, but Mom said Welch was the fightingest town she’d ever seen.

From "The Glass Castle" by Jeannette Walls