scrawnier; scrawniest
: exceptionally thin and slight or meager in body or size
scrawny scrub cattle
scrawniness
noun
Examples of scrawny in a Sentence
The only plants in their yard were a couple of scrawny bushes.
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Industrial breeding turned the scrawny, two-and-a-half-pound chickens of the 1920s into today’s six-pounders.
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Yasmin Tayag, The Atlantic, 22 Oct. 2024
Here, the body of a scrawny Jesus gushes blood, sending a rivulet of scarlet down his crucifix and onto the ground below.
—Alex Greenberger, ARTnews.com, 11 Oct. 2024
And Texas football players in the fourth and fifth grade were not necessarily respectful of a scrawny kid with a violin.
—Ed Masley, The Arizona Republic, 18 Sep. 2024
The 17-inch wheels and radial rubber are nearly twice as wide as the classic Mustang’s scrawny 15-inch originals, with markedly better grip.
—Lawrence Ulrich, Robb Report, 13 July 2024
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Yasmin Tayag, The Atlantic, 22 Oct. 2024
Here, the body of a scrawny Jesus gushes blood, sending a rivulet of scarlet down his crucifix and onto the ground below.
—Alex Greenberger, ARTnews.com, 11 Oct. 2024
And Texas football players in the fourth and fifth grade were not necessarily respectful of a scrawny kid with a violin.
—Ed Masley, The Arizona Republic, 18 Sep. 2024
The 17-inch wheels and radial rubber are nearly twice as wide as the classic Mustang’s scrawny 15-inch originals, with markedly better grip.
—Lawrence Ulrich, Robb Report, 13 July 2024
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“Scrawny.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/scrawny. Accessed 28 Nov. 2024.
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