How to Use scaly in a Sentence

scaly

adjective
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  • His skin was dry and scaly.
  • Dry, scaly skin may be one of the least fun parts of winter.
    — Kate Golembiewski, New York Times, 11 Jan. 2024
  • And with more of the scaly beasts on hand than riders to mount them, what is the Black Queen to do?
    — Kimberly Roots, TVLine, 14 July 2024
  • The pants and socks are also swamp green, but don’t have the scaly pattern.
    — Michelle Kaufman, miamiherald, 10 Oct. 2017
  • A young man in his thirties had a scaly red rash on his face.
    — Jerome Groopman, The New Yorker, 23 Mar. 2017
  • The buildup of skin cells create scaly, patches that can itch, hurt, crust up, and bleed.
    — Mona Gohara, Good Housekeeping, 31 July 2018
  • The build-up of skin cells create scaly, patches that can itch, hurt, crust up, and bleed.
    — Mona Gohara, Good Housekeeping, 13 Mar. 2018
  • The young man’s feet were scaly and white, a sign of dehydration.
    — Rachelle Krygier, Washington Post, 6 Sep. 2017
  • The Tyrannosaurus rex may have had scaly lips that covered their teeth.
    — Julia Musto, Fox News, 31 Mar. 2023
  • The rash may be scaly, bumpy, or blistered, and can occur anywhere on the body.
    — Andi Breitowich, Women's Health, 8 Sep. 2023
  • All eight species of these shy, scaly creatures are said to be the most trafficked mammals in the world.
    — National Geographic, 19 Mar. 2020
  • Ringworm of the scalp, which is called tinea capitis, can cause scaly, red bald spots.
    — Health Editorial Team, Health, 30 Oct. 2023
  • But something caught the scaly animal and hauled it to the surface.
    — Aspen Pflughoeft, Miami Herald, 24 June 2024
  • In the spring, the beetles will emerge from the bag and begin feeding on those pesky scaly insects and aphids.
    — Patricia S York, Southern Living, 6 Sep. 2023
  • Follow along in this video to see her scaly, stunning look.
    — Blake Bakkila, Good Housekeeping, 26 Oct. 2018
  • Holding the handles felt strange—like grabbing the scaly foot of a large bird that’s clutching a rock.
    — Olga Ingurazova, Smithsonian, 29 Sep. 2017
  • Don’t let a little scaly skin distract from how cute your new bathing suit is.
    — Jackie Fields, PEOPLE.com, 29 May 2017
  • That and a general sense of the skin having turned into parchment overnight—dry to the point of scaly.
    — Adam Hurly, GQ, 12 Dec. 2017
  • High up in the mountains of Colombia, a scaly creature balanced its 2-foot-long body on a branch.
    — Aspen Pflughoeft, Miami Herald, 14 Feb. 2024
  • Scaly, slimy, furry, tiny, or big — which is your favorite?
    — Susan B. Barnes, USA TODAY, 8 May 2017
  • Like most vultures, turkey and black vultures have bare heads and scaly skin.
    — Don Lyman, BostonGlobe.com, 19 June 2019
  • What appears to be a cherubic baby Hercules sits on the back of a scaly dragon.
    — Christopher Knight, Los Angeles Times, 21 May 2024
  • In the mountainous, desert landscape of the Tibetan Plateau, a small, scaly reptile scurries across the sand.
    — Irene Wright, Miami Herald, 3 Apr. 2024
  • African spiny mice are small to medium sized rodents with spiny hairs on their upper body, large eyes and ears, and scaly tails.
    — Laura Baisas, Popular Science, 24 May 2023
  • This would mean that dinosaur snouts were scaly and lipless.
    — Alex Chun, Smithsonian Magazine, 31 Mar. 2023
  • All eight species of the scaly, anteater-like mammals are threatened with extinction.
    — National Geographic, 20 Dec. 2019
  • For acute phases of the condition, a person may have patches or plaques of skin that are itchy, red, thick, and scaly.
    — Karen Pallarito, Health, 9 Nov. 2023
  • Something on the tree — a 3-foot-long, scaly creature — caught their attention.
    — Aspen Pflughoeft, Miami Herald, 9 May 2024
  • These scaly, mythical creatures appear in the lore of countless societies, from the pool-dwelling, peaceable dragons of the East to the fiery, venomous demons of the West.
    — Sonja Anderson, Smithsonian Magazine, 3 July 2024
  • This chronic skin condition causes red and silver itchy, scaly skin.
    — Sarah Klein, Health, 25 June 2024

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