scuff

Example Sentences

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Moments later, the executive—herself a shakedown passenger—dipped a napkin into a glass of spring water and cleaned a scuff mark off a menu.

From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 23, 2025

Now in enemy waters, they hoisted the Japanese flag, though as it looked too new to be credible, so they had to soak it in diesel and scuff it around the deck.

From BBC • Jan. 13, 2024

That means you can ask your bank to waive late fees or overcharge fees, or ask for a discount on shoes that have a scuff on them.

From Seattle Times • Sep. 25, 2023

“True believers,” the novelist Jeanette Winterson wrote, “would rather see governments topple and history rewritten than scuff the cover of their faith.”

From New York Times • Jan. 17, 2023

The only sound was the scuff of their boots on the worn bricks beneath their feet.

From "A Dance with Dragons" by George R. R. Martin