scuffle
verb (used without object)
to struggle or fight in a rough, confused manner.
scuffled
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past participleof scuffle.past participle
A verb form used in perfect and passive verb constructions and that can also function as a modifier.
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past tense formof scuffle.past tense
Used to describe completed actions or previous habitual actions.
scuffleverb (used without object)to struggle or fight in a rough, confused manner.
Example Sentences
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Then, the Dodgers got to work on their primary task: Trying to sync up an offense that had looked lost the last two games, and has scuffled through much of October.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 30, 2025
The influence of Harbaugh was epitomized late in the game when the two teams briefly scuffled behind the end zone.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 8, 2024
Mr. Keith was already in his 30s, having scuffled for years to make it in the music business, when he signed his first record deal in 1993.
From New York Times ● Feb. 6, 2024
Magelssen still remembers how, during the play’s restaging in Ohio, a police car pulled up as two actors scuffled amid the cornstalks for a scene.
From Seattle Times ● Oct. 20, 2023
Two weeks later workers scuffled with police outside City Hall.
From "The Devil in the White City" by Erik Larson
