How to Use scraggly in a Sentence

scraggly

adjective
  • His scraggly beard seems grown to be wrenched.
    — Roy Scranton august 20, Literary Hub, 20 Aug. 2025
  • Four inches of scraggly strands had to go.
    — Shannon Bauer, InStyle, 3 Jan. 2026
  • Remove scraggly grass, weeds, rocks, and sticks from the area.
    — Arricca Elin Sansone, House Beautiful, 21 June 2019
  • The biggest clean up, of course, was the scraggly facial hair.
    — Esquire Editors, Esquire, 1 May 2017
  • To one side of the building, a scraggly volleyball net was strung up.
    — New York Times, 13 Apr. 2018
  • The sky was blue, and the sun warm, and the mountains speckled with granite and scraggly pines.
    — Blair Braverman, Outside, 11 Mar. 2026
  • There are red and yellow leaves on scraggly trees and a hazy fog hanging in the air above the mountains.
    — Andrew Webster, The Verge, 14 Nov. 2018
  • Prison life hasn't been easy on Otto, who has dungeon hair, sunken eyes and a scraggly beard.
    — Bryan Alexander, USA Today, 29 June 2026
  • Another scrub-jay came to join, then the pair darted into a scraggly bush.
    — Patrick Connolly, The Orlando Sentinel, 17 Apr. 2026
  • If the front of the courthouse has scraggly landscape, just fire the company and try again.
    — Lauren Ritchie, OrlandoSentinel.com, 17 May 2018
  • The marker was tucked among scraggly mountain mahogany.
    — Christine Peterson, Outdoor Life, 7 Jan. 2026
  • But this grouse buckled at my shot and kept climbing, over the scraggly cedars and through the wispy tops of the bare birches.
    — The Editors, Field & Stream, 18 May 2020
  • But the truth is, turkeys really only need a couple of scraggly ones to roost in.
    — Gerald Almy, Field & Stream, 19 Mar. 2021
  • There is the scraggly beard and the flowing hair, occasionally wound in a man bun.
    — David Pollak, New York Times, 20 May 2016
  • Jeremy slurps the contents of his can, garbanzo juice dripping down his scraggly beard.
    — Sarah Aswell, The New Yorker, 22 Jan. 2017
  • Perhaps in response the free surfer has turned ever more scraggly-haired, more rambling beatnik.
    — Jamie Brisick, The New Yorker, 26 Aug. 2019
  • The white one with scraggly, shoulder-length hair skipped pleasantries and asked with patent urgency for water.
    — Denver Nicks, Rolling Stone, 14 Sep. 2025
  • One easy trick can turn those misshapen lumps with scraggly edges into gorgeous, bakery-worthy treats.
    — Alana Al-Hatlani, Southern Living, 6 Feb. 2026
  • On a scraggly patch of grass astride the Grand Central Parkway, a screen had been set up.
    — Washington Post, 16 Oct. 2020
  • Is there anything more hopeful or emblematic of change than a garden in its first scraggly youth?
    — Justin Davidson, Curbed, 4 June 2026
  • Rosemary's natural shape is scraggly and wild, but it can be clipped into a hedge or topiary.
    — Brandee Gruener, Southern Living, 21 May 2026
  • Empire’s owner, a tall, skinny guy with a scraggly beard named Jim, told us about a cool, fairly new band.
    — Paul Daugherty, Cincinnati.com, 21 June 2018
  • Others in the audience wore scraggly beards and mismatched clothing.
    — Cynthia Hubert, sacbee, 23 Oct. 2017
  • That was thrilling for us, because that disheveled scraggly look totally became who Vince was.
    — Max Gao, HollywoodReporter, 25 Sep. 2025
  • Projections of gray-scale scraggly lines and geometric patterns then hit each screen to create a feast for the senses.
    — Kat Bein, Billboard, 12 May 2017
  • Vince, a recovering addict with a scraggly beard, starts too grimy for the actor to capably sell.
    — Alison Herman, Variety, 18 Sep. 2025
  • The object of the team’s efforts was a scraggly nest, about two inches wide, that was gusting around at the end of a branch four stories overhead.
    — Jennifer Kahn, New York Times, 13 Mar. 2018
  • By the time the school day began, a scraggly line of kids and their parents stretched out the door, down the hallway, and outside into the sunshine.
    — Helen Rosner, The New Yorker, 10 Nov. 2021
  • The ditches drop deep into scraggly forest on either side of that road, and in the winter, cars often slide off and topple down the hill.
    — Hazlitt, 4 Feb. 2026
  • This scraggly desert prophet strolled into the gleaming metropolis of Samaria and took on a thousand false prophets in their fancy white robes.
    — Philip Yancey, Washington Post, 1 Apr. 2018

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