scruffy

Example Sentences

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In the first, Lopez, wearing a crew-neck shirt, glasses and a scruffy beard, stands in his garage in front of a black Lamborghini.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 10, 2026

There’s no way for a general moviegoer to know what the ratio of fiction to nonfiction in is a scruffy DIY object like “Burt,” with characters playing versions of themselves.

From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 12, 2025

They voted for a scruffy guy in a leather jacket promising pain now, gain later.

From Barron's • Oct. 31, 2025

I think this will be very tight and quite a scruffy game but as long as Forest win it, they won't care.

From BBC • Aug. 15, 2025

Even Rumpy had maneuvered a half-grown female into combing his scruffy fur.

From "A Girl Named Disaster" by Nancy Farmer