That was no accident; the mark where a great blade had sheared into the overhang was plain to read, even if it had not been for the scuffed over vestiges of caterpillar tracks round about.
The leather bindings were scuffed and one was scored clear across the back, yet they had been handsome, undoubtedly treasured.
Hamilcar had produced a clean shirt and drawers from the saddlebags, even managing to work up a shadow of shine on the scuffed cavalry boots, and had beat the worst of the trail dust from the rest of the traveler’s clothing.
They scuffed along on the snowshoes, soon reaching the edge of the lake.
But the shoes naturally made some noise as they scuffed over the snow, and in a minute Ruth stopped and slipped her feet out of the straps, motioning Helen to do the same.
Old men sat inscuffed leather chairs and smoked and read the papers.
I saw a thick ankle, a dark green sock, a brown scuffed shoe, cracked across the instep, with laces tied in a double knot, the way my mother used to tie my shoelaces when I was very small to keep them from coming untied.
In the scuffed sand before the corral gate Tom made a small fire, with a few crumpled papers and one small book, which he tore apart and fed, leaf by leaf, to the flames.
It was curls that couldn't be shook out and a nose that dassen't be sunburned and shoes that mustn't be scuffed and a dress that shouldn't be mussed, from the day she was born.
Burlap sacks covered him when night fell; they dirtied his clothing and the bottom of the freight car scuffed his shoes.
Felt soles scuffed in the darkness, and through the door, his yellow face wearing a placid and lofty grin, entered Ah Pat, the compradore.
At times, felt shoes scuffed the stone floor without, and high, scolding voices rose, exchanging unfathomable courtesy with his clerks.
When some waif from the outer labyrinth scuffed in, affable, impudent, hailing his friends across the room, he made but a ripple of unrest, and sank gaping among the others like a fish in a pool.
The long-coated boyscuffed away, across the chunam floor, and disappeared in the darkness.
His feet stumbled and scuffed over chips of stone; he steadied himself against the wall at times as he followed the corridor that went down and still down before him.
A scuffed path leading inward from the gate showed for a few feet.
Enjoying the soft, balmy air, they scuffed along a river path, between tall trees which rapidly were shedding their bright-hued leaves.
Mr. Smith busied himself polishing his scuffed shoes with an old rag.
Raf could see nothing to so rivet their attention but a series ofscuffed marks in the dust which covered the floor.
She scuffed her little seven-toed foot in the dust; there was nothing alien in her smile.
You will find the edges of the roof, coincident with the sides of the chimney, also scuffed as though a rope had been pulled across the edge with quite a weight at its end.
The chimney is probably scuffed as though a rope had been drawn tightly about it and pulled back and forth.
Well, maybe we ought," he said finally, his eyes guiltily upon his toe, which slowly scuffed the ground.
And he, likewise, stared at the toe of a shoe that scuffed the ground.
The big bear whirled promptly and cuffed the hoe out of Harry's limp grasp, leaped past him before his trembling legs could move him, and scuffed away into the woods, with her progeny crowding close to her sheltering bulk.
Miles gave a tremulous gasp of resignation, and scuffed slowly to the foot of the ladder, where he paused and smeared the back of his hand across his cheeks; then turned to his companion.
Marty meanwhile, with his scuffed shoes resting on the opposite seat, one brown hand laid importantly upon the leather bag and his face wreathed in smiles, kept his blue eyes fixedly upon the summer landscape that slid by the open window.
He stood five feet six in his work-scuffed brogans, faded blue jeans and an equally faded denim work shirt.
The above list will hopefully give you a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "scuffed" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this word.
