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How to use itchy in a sentence

28 example sentences · adjective

Itchy means characterized by itching. (of a condition). Example: “My nose always gets itchy the moment I put on my face mask.”

Examples of itchy by meaning

adjectiveCharacterized by itching. (of a condition).

  • an itchy rash
  • Her heart kicked and an itchy burning in her throat made her swallow all her saliva away.1987, Toni Morrison, Beloved, New York: Knopf, Part 3, p. 243

adjectiveFeeling an itching sensation; feeling a need to be scratched. (of a person, animal or body part).

  • My nose always gets itchy the moment I put on my face mask.

adjectiveCausing an itching sensation.

  • He refuses to wear the new sweater; he says it’s itchy.
  • the itchy sound, the brisk and scratchy sound, of combing hairs out of a stiff brush1922, Sinclair Lewis, chapter I, in Babbitt, New York, N.Y.: Harcourt, Brace and Company, →OCLC, page 4
  • It was one room crowded with attic furniture, a sofa and fat chairs upholstered in that itchy, particular red velvet that one associates with hot days on a train.1958, Truman Capote, Breakfast at Tiffany’s, Penguin, published 1961, page 9

adjectiveIn a state of agitation; easily alarmed.

  • Casy said softly, “All of ’em’s itchy.1939, John Steinbeck, chapter 26, in The Grapes of Wrath, New York: Viking, published 1958, page 526
  • Chasing after the stories about those girls in the ward made me itchy and restless.2003, Siri Hustvedt, What I Loved, London: Hodder & Stoughton, Part 1, p. 89

adjectiveHaving a constant, teasing desire (for something, to do something); impatiently eager.

  • By now, Pearl would have been out the door and halfway down the steps, reaching for the three of them with those eager, itchy fingers of hers.1982, Anne Tyler, chapter 10, in Dinner at the Homesick Restaurant, New York: Knopf, published 1989, page 282
  • Not until Palma was home did she start getting itchy to open it before Christmas, but in the end she put it away unopened.2014, Ana Castillo, Give It to Me, New York: Feminist Press, Part 1, Chapter 14, p. 60

adjectiveCausing a constant, teasing desire for something.

  • They are curious with the itchy curiosity of their explorative time of life, and they have no proper guidance.1923, Samuel Hopkins Adams, chapter 12, in Flaming Youth, New York: Boni and Liveright, page 129
  • But the itchy, restless kind that begged to be filled.2016, Joe Okonkwo, chapter 41, in Jazz Moon, New York: Kensington

More sentences with itchy

  • Doctors determined that the cause of the itchy rash was fungal rather than bacterial.From the entry fungal
  • I find bras totally uncomfortable, hot and itchy, for both work and leisure.2023 August 28, Vanessa Friedman, quoting Eddye, Madison, Wis., “Are There Any Rules About Going Braless?”, in The New York Times, →ISSN. From the entry braless
  • A hard, burning button erupted on my forehead, an itchy hive.2021, Alexander Lobrano, My Place at the Table: A Recipe for a Delicious Life in Paris, Rux Martin/Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, →ISBN, page…. From the entry hive
  • In “Beach Baby,” a countryish waltz, and “Babys,” a ballad with an itchy piano underlay, Mr.2009 January 18, Nate Chinen, “Sonic Adventures, From a Cappella to Zydeco”, in The New York Times. From the entry countryish
  • Mucuna pruriens' Latin name may be thought to suggest its predilection, but actually means itchy.2007, Ken Albala, Beans: A History, page 95. From the entry enhancer
  • As jittery as everyone was, there were bound to be some itchy trigger fingers, American and Kuwaiti.2006, Seth W. B. Folsom, The Highway War, unnumbered page. From the entry itchy trigger finger
  • They all have an itchy trigger finger when it comes to advertising.2002, Matthew W. Ragas, Bolivar J. Bueno, The Power of Cult Branding, page xii. From the entry itchy trigger finger
  • They were from chiggers, a species of tiny, reddish-brown mites able to leave bites that remain itchy for days or weeks.2024 July 25, Carly Stern, “It’s Chigger Season. Here’s What to Know About the Pests.”, in The New York Times, →ISSN. From the entry chigger
  • To the long list of everyday afflictions that includes dry, itchy skin and restless leg syndrome, add another: speech disfluency.2007 August 24, William Grimes, “Uh, Lead My Rips: No More Bloopers”, in The New York Times, archived from the original on 04 Jan 2013. From the entry speech disfluency
  • He had itchy feet and ants in his pants.2004, Walter Redfern, Writing on the move: Albert Londres and investigative journalism, →ISBN. From the entry agoraphilia
  • Itchy, hive-like bumps turn into solid knotlike eruptions, which can last from a few days to several months.2003 January 20, Editors of Parents Magazine, The Parents Answer Book: From Birth Through Age Three, Macmillan, →ISBN, page 567. From the entry hive
  • My restless, itchy Syrian companion was rolling a cigarette beside me, making some observation futile and sneerful as usual.1930, Harold Courtenay Armstrong, Turkey and Syria reborn: a record of two years of travel, page 78. From the entry sneerful
  • My nose started to feel itchy.2010, Gunleen Deol, Sleepover Disaster, AuthorHouse, →ISBN, page 15. From the entry sneeze
  • Boys have not lost their love for adventure, and still have `itchy feet.' Many are seeking glamor jobs, want to be writers, detectives, seamen.1950 May 7, The Daily Telegraph, Sydney, page 13, column 3. From the entry glamour
  • And, unlike with a film, or a TV show, or a dreary drinks party, you can’t just leave when the boredom descends like an itchy blanket.2009, Jeremy Clarkson, Driven to Distraction, Penguin Books, →ISBN. From the entry shh
  • And yet, just as it made FunHouse look daring, that peculiar Bogosian anticharm managed to turn Talk Radio into an intriguingly nasty, itchy piece of work.1989 September 29, Anthony Adler, “Talk Radio”, in Chicago Reader. From the entry anticharm

Meaning of itchy

  1. adjective Characterized by itching. (of a condition).
  2. adjective Feeling an itching sensation; feeling a need to be scratched. (of a person, animal or body part).
  3. adjective Causing an itching sensation.

Full definition of itchy

Questions about itchy in a sentence

How do you use itchy in a sentence?
Itchy is used as an adjective. For example: “My nose always gets itchy the moment I put on my face mask.”
What is a short sentence with itchy?
“an itchy rash”
What does itchy mean?
Itchy means characterized by itching. (of a condition).

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