How to Use scaly in a Sentence

scaly

adjective

• His skin was dry and scaly.
• Dry, scaly skin may be one of the least fun parts of winter.
  — Kate Golembiewski, New York Times, 11 Jan. 2024
• And with more of the scaly beasts on hand than riders to mount them, what is the Black Queen to do?
  — Kimberly Roots, TVLine, 14 July 2024
• The pants and socks are also swamp green, but don’t have the scaly pattern.
  — Michelle Kaufman, miamiherald, 10 Oct. 2017
• A young man in his thirties had a scaly red rash on his face.
  — Jerome Groopman, The New Yorker, 23 Mar. 2017
• The buildup of skin cells create scaly, patches that can itch, hurt, crust up, and bleed.
  — Mona Gohara, Good Housekeeping, 31 July 2018
• The build-up of skin cells create scaly, patches that can itch, hurt, crust up, and bleed.
  — Mona Gohara, Good Housekeeping, 13 Mar. 2018
• The young man’s feet were scaly and white, a sign of dehydration.
  — Rachelle Krygier, Washington Post, 6 Sep. 2017
• The Tyrannosaurus rex may have had scaly lips that covered their teeth.
  — Julia Musto, Fox News, 31 Mar. 2023
• The rash may be scaly, bumpy, or blistered, and can occur anywhere on the body.
  — Andi Breitowich, Women's Health, 8 Sep. 2023
• All eight species of these shy, scaly creatures are said to be the most trafficked mammals in the world.
  — National Geographic, 19 Mar. 2020
• Ringworm of the scalp, which is called tinea capitis, can cause scaly, red bald spots.
  — Health Editorial Team, Health, 30 Oct. 2023
• But something caught the scaly animal and hauled it to the surface.
  — Aspen Pflughoeft, Miami Herald, 24 June 2024
• In the spring, the beetles will emerge from the bag and begin feeding on those pesky scaly insects and aphids.
  — Patricia S York, Southern Living, 6 Sep. 2023
• Follow along in this video to see her scaly, stunning look.
  — Blake Bakkila, Good Housekeeping, 26 Oct. 2018
• Holding the handles felt strange—like grabbing the scaly foot of a large bird that’s clutching a rock.
  — Olga Ingurazova, Smithsonian, 29 Sep. 2017
• Don’t let a little scaly skin distract from how cute your new bathing suit is.
  — Jackie Fields, PEOPLE.com, 29 May 2017
• That and a general sense of the skin having turned into parchment overnight—dry to the point of scaly.
  — Adam Hurly, GQ, 12 Dec. 2017
• High up in the mountains of Colombia, a scaly creature balanced its 2-foot-long body on a branch.
  — Aspen Pflughoeft, Miami Herald, 14 Feb. 2024
• Scaly, slimy, furry, tiny, or big — which is your favorite?
  — Susan B. Barnes, USA TODAY, 8 May 2017
• Like most vultures, turkey and black vultures have bare heads and scaly skin.
  — Don Lyman, BostonGlobe.com, 19 June 2019
• What appears to be a cherubic baby Hercules sits on the back of a scaly dragon.
  — Christopher Knight, Los Angeles Times, 21 May 2024
• In the mountainous, desert landscape of the Tibetan Plateau, a small, scaly reptile scurries across the sand.
  — Irene Wright, Miami Herald, 3 Apr. 2024
• African spiny mice are small to medium sized rodents with spiny hairs on their upper body, large eyes and ears, and scaly tails.
  — Laura Baisas, Popular Science, 24 May 2023
• This would mean that dinosaur snouts were scaly and lipless.
  — Alex Chun, Smithsonian Magazine, 31 Mar. 2023
• All eight species of the scaly, anteater-like mammals are threatened with extinction.
  — National Geographic, 20 Dec. 2019
• For acute phases of the condition, a person may have patches or plaques of skin that are itchy, red, thick, and scaly.
  — Karen Pallarito, Health, 9 Nov. 2023
• Something on the tree — a 3-foot-long, scaly creature — caught their attention.
  — Aspen Pflughoeft, Miami Herald, 9 May 2024
• Other than that, though, this park management sim is its own scaly beast.
  — Steven Strom, Ars Technica, 19 June 2018
• Dragon Fruit Also known as pitaya, dragon fruit gets its name from its scaly, dragon-like exterior.
  — Johna Burdeos, Health, 6 Aug. 2024

Last Updated: 29 Oct 2024