scuffing
- present participle of scuff.
Example Sentences
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For all of their recent scuffing and shuffling, these loaded, baseball-ruining Dodgers should be able to survive an Ohtani skip day every so often.
From Los Angeles Times • May 15, 2026
Pile on enough and you flirt with the risk of scuffing the roof of your mouth, which feels, to me, like an essential part of the experience.
From Salon • Dec. 16, 2025
He readies his crease before settling into it for the first period — scuffing up some snow with his skates.
From Seattle Times • May 4, 2023
She scowled, scuffing her bejeweled lavender Crocs against the cement and ignoring her mother.
From Washington Post • Apr. 16, 2023
Other than the hyena’s whining, I heard very little from the animals, no more than claws scuffing against a hard surface and occasional groans and arrested cries.
From "Life of Pi" by Yann Martel
