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.
So, fix those little things like cracked switch plates, broken light globes and scuffed baseboards.
From Seattle Times
On Tuesday, these included a caress of the sternum to the line “set your spirit free” and shoes scuffing the floor to “the feet are a little bit off the ground.”
From New York Times
He then had a chance to win it for the Eagles, but he scuffed a tame penalty wide of the left post after Tyrick Mitchell had been fouled by Max Aarons.
From Seattle Times
A lot of thought seems to have gone into Johnson’s self-presentation as someone indifferent to appearances — a toff but with scuffed shoes familiar with the grass roots.
From Washington Post
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