How to Use scrubby in a Sentence

scrubby

adjective

• Of the 12 acres of scrubby flatwoods, Lee said some would be lost to the road.
  — Kevin Spear, orlandosentinel.com, 16 Oct. 2020
• But in the summer, the grass is left to grow unchecked, the tall, scrubby brush blocking access to the trail.
  — Sherri Leimkuhler, baltimoresun.com/maryland/carroll, 17 Aug. 2019
• In its place, a scrubby forest of short oaks and white pines has come up.
  — Somini Sengupta, New York Times, 5 Feb. 2020
• Stick to the gentler blue scour pads, or the scrubby side of your sponge, or a Scrub Daddy/Mommy.
  — Alex Beggs, Bon Appétit, 16 Nov. 2020
• Elias spun the vehicle and barreled over the scrubby dunes.
  — Adam H. Graham, WSJ, 14 Mar. 2017
• Shot on Fuji film, the pictures feature vivid blues and turquoises as well as the earth tones of the land and scrubby grass.
  — Mark Jenkins, Washington Post, 29 July 2022
• This is my favorite place to look: A scrubby, overgrown field with some browse, berries, locust trees (deer love the pods), and the like.
  — Mike Hanback, Outdoor Life, 24 Mar. 2020
• The land appeared scrubby and wild, but there were houses nearby.
  — Alexandra Ossola, Quartz, 13 June 2020
• The road begins to descend and the stately ponderosas give way to a scrubby mix of junipers and pinion pines.
  — Roger Naylor, The Arizona Republic, 9 Oct. 2020
• The scrubby lot lay tucked between houses on Pope Street, within sight of a large Walgreen’s—nothing much to look at.
  — Christine Woodside, Smithsonian, 13 July 2017
• The scrubby lot lay tucked between houses on Pope Street, within sight of a large Walgreen’s—nothing much to look at.
  — Christine Woodside, Smithsonian, 14 July 2017
• Not more than 200 yards from the soccer fields, the short forest opens up, and the scrubby ground is replaced by massive slabs of concrete.
  — Nate Berg, Curbed, 7 Nov. 2018
• But gradually the pebbles were shoveled out and the hole filled with scrubby sand, weeds and rocks.
  — New York Times, 3 Aug. 2021
• Dozens of the tiny creatures scampered back and forth, popping in and out of little holes amid scrubby grasses.
  — Beth J. Harpaz, chicagotribune.com, 5 July 2018
• Using the non-scrubby side, rub into the leather to remove the dirt and then wipe any excess cleaner off using a clean cloth.
  — Stacia Affelt, Good Housekeeping, 22 Nov. 2019
• Two miles away, amid the scrubby brush and sand and accessible by a bus ride, was a property known as the McDonald Ranch.
  — New York Times, 3 Aug. 2021
• Their three-bedroom brick ranch sits in the sort of landscaped Denver neighborhood whose trees look scrubby under the enormous skies of the Great Plains.
  — Melissa Fay Greene, The Atlantic, 6 Apr. 2021
• Nothing anywhere but whitegrass, dark, scrubby bushes growing close to the ground, and rocks.
  — Larissa MacFarquhar, The New Yorker, 29 June 2020
• In 1997, when members of an armed militia surrounded his house in the scrubby mountains of West Texas, Joe Rowe felt an odd rush of relief.
  — Rachel Monroe, The New Yorker, 12 Apr. 2022
• Burned-out and upturned cars are scattered on scrubby blocks in one of Port Moresby’s roughest areas.
  — Rob Taylor, WSJ, 16 Nov. 2018
• The Axis Trail is a wavy, free-flowing single track that slides through scrubby high desert on the eastern flanks of the Cockscomb formation, a bristled row of red rock spires.
  — Mare Czinar, The Arizona Republic, 5 Nov. 2020
• The narrow trail wound between scrubby sagebrush plants and juniper trees bursting with berries.
  — oregonlive, 30 Aug. 2020
• Resist the temptation to launch a scrubby assault on your blackheads.
  — Deanna Pai, Glamour, 16 Sep. 2020
• In southern France, ratatouille is seasoned with rosemary, thyme, and oregano, the resinous herbes de Provence dotting its scrubby landscape.
  — Heather Eddy, Bon Appétit, 18 Aug. 2021
• But look for wild blueberries, the lowbush variety, that grow on scrubby bushes on the borders of woods and beaches.
  — Beth Dooley Special To The Star Tribune, Star Tribune, 26 Aug. 2020
• Designed to clean wood, laminate, tile, and other sealed floors, the cordless spin mop has two rotating scrubby pads that do the hard work of scrubbing for you.
  — Isabel Garcia, Peoplemag, 9 Oct. 2022
• His head whips around to see, beyond an expanse of scrubby high desert fauna, a mammoth freight train churning past into the distance.
  — Rafael Francisco Salas, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 12 Feb. 2018
• The birds most frequently can be seen in low-growing oak scrub habitats, as well as scrubby flatwoods and other open areas.
  — National Geographic, 3 Mar. 2020
• The tornado had tossed debris across several acres of scrubby grass.
  — Washington Post, 11 July 2021
• This wreck of a matriarch, who manages their gray-stucco apartment complex with the scrubby plants on the outside, has been married and divorced five times.
  — Owen Gleiberman, Variety, 22 Jan. 2022

Last Updated: 17 Jul 2024