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Adjective (2)
she was a scrappy girl despite—or, perhaps, because of—her small size
a pair of scrappy movie critics who can never agree on anything
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Gabby Shacknai, Forbes.com, 16 Sep. 2025
The town is scrappy though, and working hard to rebuild.
—Graham Averill, Outside, 16 Sep. 2025
However, West Virginia just handed its archrival a transitive loss to the MAC’s scrappy Ohio.
—Jason Kirk, New York Times, 14 Sep. 2025
The screen treatment brings us Glenn Close in fine Scandinavian grandmother form, a lot of sweeping island vistas, and a very scrappy young actor named Emily Matthews.
—Brittany Allen, Literary Hub, 12 Sep. 2025
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Adjective
For Laxton and Curry, staying ahead means staying scrappy.
—Gabby Shacknai, Forbes.com, 16 Sep. 2025
The town is scrappy though, and working hard to rebuild.
—Graham Averill, Outside, 16 Sep. 2025
However, West Virginia just handed its archrival a transitive loss to the MAC’s scrappy Ohio.
—Jason Kirk, New York Times, 14 Sep. 2025
The screen treatment brings us Glenn Close in fine Scandinavian grandmother form, a lot of sweeping island vistas, and a very scrappy young actor named Emily Matthews.
—Brittany Allen, Literary Hub, 12 Sep. 2025
See All Example Sentences for scrappy
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“Scrappy.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/scrappy. Accessed 18 Sep. 2025.
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