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

He pointed to the number of baseballs that are rubbed up and approved to start the game and the number that get fouled off, thrown into the crowd or removed due to scuffing.

From Seattle Times • Jun. 18, 2022

“So,” says Lynn, scuffing the floor with her shoe.

From "Divergent" by Veronica Roth