How to Use scrappy in a Sentence

scrappy

adjective
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  • These weren’t just scrappy kids of the same age, like the Kentucky Derby.
    — Bill Dwyre, Los Angeles Times, 31 Dec. 2023
  • And that’s the front end of a back-to-back — the scrappy Bulls come to San Francisco on Thursday.
    — Dieter Kurtenbach, The Mercury News, 28 Feb. 2024
  • The scrappier corners of the avant-garde are no longer off limits to the mainstream press.
    — Charles McNulty, Los Angeles Times, 19 Mar. 2024
  • The Panthers made six three pointers against a scrappy Keller squad.
    — Charles Baggarly, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 5 Mar. 2024
  • In the present, the group fought and clawed — albeit in a losing effort — against a scrappy Commodores squad.
    — Ryan Black, The Courier-Journal, 2 Mar. 2023
  • The Fuel were scrappy, in moments, against the Atlanta Reign.
    — Dallas News, 18 June 2022
  • Austin Peay was scrappy, taking big shots and trying a few big plays.
    — Michael Casagrande | McAsagrande@al.com, al, 19 Nov. 2022
  • The scrappy ragtag team, the gruff but kind coach, the against-the-odds triumph — sports dramas rarely veer far from a basic template.
    — Sheri Linden, The Hollywood Reporter, 15 Dec. 2023
  • This team will be scrappy but may take some time to jell into a cohesive unit.
    — Rich Scherr, baltimoresun.com, 7 Dec. 2021
  • The next 48 hours will feel like early March, with scrappy clouds and a fistful of flurries; daytime highs stranded in the 40s.
    — Paul Douglas, Star Tribune, 19 Apr. 2021
  • There was a lot of running around, getting dirty, and needing to be scrappy to get enough to eat at dinnertime.
    — Kay Cannon, Glamour, 3 Sep. 2021
  • The Texans have been scrappy of late, but their league-worst run defense will be challenged by their arch nemesis.
    — Jaylon Thompson, USA TODAY, 24 Dec. 2022
  • Small-scale producers, on the other hand, must get scrappy.
    — Ashley Stimpson, Washington Post, 12 Mar. 2024
  • Following the demise of Blue Angel, the scrappy singer worked in retail stores and sang in local clubs in order to make ends meet.
    — Stephanie Sengwe, Peoplemag, 22 June 2023
  • The truth is, the best way to validate the merits of a new idea is by crafting scrappy experiments.
    — Rodger Dean Duncan, Forbes, 27 Dec. 2022
  • The Eagles were just as scrappy — if not more than North Carolina — with ball pressure and man-to-man defense.
    — Alexis Cubit, The Courier-Journal, 26 Jan. 2024
  • That might be at least in part because the scrappy comedy doesn’t have any glory days to relive.
    — Lili Loofbourow, Washington Post, 23 Feb. 2023
  • Cohn: The tours before The Ugly Organ were super scrappy.
    — Josh Chesler, SPIN, 4 Mar. 2023
  • Green Day formed in Berkeley, in the late eighties, and had been a crucial part of the scene at 924 Gilman Street, a scrappy, independent all-ages punk club.
    — Amanda Petrusich, The New Yorker, 22 Jan. 2024
  • Slow start to this game with neither team shooting well but plenty of scrappy defense.
    — Parker Gabriel, The Denver Post, 11 Mar. 2024
  • Rambo was thin and scrappy, with a sly grin that seldom broke into laughter.
    — Luke Mogelson, The New Yorker, 26 Dec. 2022
  • In part, Brown said, this is because Ukraine’s army has been innovative and scrappy.
    — Samanth Subramanian, WIRED, 5 Oct. 2023
  • The small plane hovers low above the scrappy forest canopy, with rivers below colored a murky yellow due to mining waste.
    — Ana Ionova, The Christian Science Monitor, 15 Mar. 2024
  • The Pistons are sometimes scrappy, but their lack of energy for a full 48 minutes has cost them a lot this season.
    — Detroit Free Press, 24 Jan. 2023
  • The protagonist, Akio, is a scrappy and impulsive 18-year-old orphan determined to make it to the top of the sumo world, no matter the cost.
    — Pam Kragen, San Diego Union-Tribune, 2 Oct. 2023
  • As a result, the scrappy and shorthanded Los Angeles Clippers are on the verge of going home for the summer.
    — Beth Harris, BostonGlobe.com, 22 Apr. 2023
  • That's good news for old camera hoarders looking to downsize collections, but leaves the young, scrappy, and hungry set out in the cold.
    — PCMAG, 20 Oct. 2022
  • Weighing in at a skin-and-bones 106 pounds, the teenage Cohn had an obvious disadvantage in the ring, but the crowd loved his scrappy demeanor and strong will to survive.
    — Amy Bizzarri, Smithsonian Magazine, 17 May 2023
  • Kenney also has the height advantage, but Hoyer is scrappy and has close to zero body fat.
    — Paul Sullivan, Chicago Tribune, 14 Dec. 2022
  • Always a scrappy player, Turner spent his time playing second base in college.
    — Bernie Pleskoff, Forbes, 13 Feb. 2024

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