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How to use scaly in a sentence

21 example sentences · adjective, noun

Scaly means covered or abounding with scales. Example: “He suffers from a skin complaint, psoriasis, which has rendered his hands scaly, hard and red.”

Examples of scaly by meaning

adjectiveCovered or abounding with scales.

  • a scaly fish a scaly stem

adjectiveComposed of scales lying over each other.

  • a scaly bulb

More sentences with scaly

  • He suffers from a skin complaint, psoriasis, which has rendered his hands scaly, hard and red.2016, Ian McEwan, Nutshell, Vintage, page 11. From the entry psoriasis
  • A scaly hand grabbed Gloom's ecto-blaster and pulled it from its holster.2010, Andrew Newbound, Ghoul Strike!, Scholastic Inc., →ISBN, page 174. From the entry ectoblaster
  • Scalies are more prone to be in open grass away from cover.2008, Tom Arnhold, Web Parton, Wingshooter's Guide to Kansas Upland Birds and Waterfowl, Wilderness Adventures Press, Inc., published…. From the entry scalie
  • Then the exploding whirr of wings in the wind — a mixed covey of bobwhites and scalies.2007, Jeffrey Engel, Sherol Engel, & James A. Swan, Chasing The Hunter's Dream: 1,001 of the World's Best Duck Marshes, Deer Runs, Elk…. From the entry whirr
  • I expected this because the scalies had passed me on the road earlier.1991, Leslie P. Richards, Truckin' Tales: The Early Days, Lulu.com, published 2007, →ISBN, page 43. From the entry scalie
  • His skin was as scaly as those of some fish I'd seen.1989, Octavia E. Butler, “Part III, Chapter 7”, in Imago, page 213. From the entry fishlike
  • Twice the angler raised the squirming bait; but each time minus the scaly victim.1916, Everybody's magazine. From the entry fishly
  • So he just kept swinging, feeling a shudder through his arm each time the racquet made contact with a scaly body.2015 March 10, C.T. Adams, The Exile: Book One of the Fae, Tor Books, →ISBN, page 93. From the entry doxy
  • She even pointed out a bank where a raft of crocodiles lay dozing, baking their scaly backs in the sun.2010, Esther Friesner, Sphinx's Queen, Random House Children's Books. From the entry raft
  • Motti morphs into a scaly, green, saber-toothed closet monster and takes Jane’s head off with one satisfied crunch.2002, Scott Wallens, Week 6: Betrayal (Sevens), Puffin Books, →ISBN, page 51. From the entry Hunlike
  • Also prevalanet are actinic karatoses, small, scaly, whitish patches.1982, Irma Shorell, Julie Davis, A Lifetime of Skin Beauty: The Irma Shorell Program, page 92. From the entry dermabrase
  • Sarcoidosis of the skin looks similar to lupus vulgaris except that it is more plum coloured and not as scaly.1981, R. H. Seville, E. Martin, “Sarcoidosis”, in Dermatological Nursing and Therapy, Oxford, Oxfordshire; […]: Blackwell Scientific…. From the entry plum coloured
  • As his black, naily fingers dug loose the scaly pig's skin, wandering tears came to the bo'sun 's eyes.1970, Arthur Mason, The cook and the captain bold. From the entry naily
  • Uncle Jobson was in the fowlhouse, treating with kerosene that infirmity common to poultry known as "scaly legs"'.1930, Norman Lindsay, Redheap, Sydney, N.S.W.: Ure Smith, →OCLC, page 136. From the entry scaly legs
  • His scaly brow knit in worry.2012, Martha Wells, The Siren Depths. From the entry underroot
  • On most birds, the tarsus is scaly and unfeathered, but a few arctic species--snowy owls, ptarmigans, and rough-legged hawks among them--have feathered tarsi.1988 February 5, Jerry Sullivan, “Field & Street”, in Chicago Reader. From the entry unfeathered
  • You have scaly tail which helps you to stand up—like a tripod, like Tyrannosaura regina, but you are much smaller than she is.1971, Bruce McAllister, Humanity Prime, Borgo Press / Wildside Press, page 54. From the entry Tyrannosaura Regina
  • We saw many small animals, such as porcupines, a scaly ant-eater, and a wild pig, piebald in color and with long curved tusks.1912, Arthur Conan Doyle, The Lost World […], London; New York, N.Y.: Hodder and Stoughton, →OCLC. From the entry piebald
  • In the car department we would repair cars that were disabled and placed in bad order by a bunch of scalies taking the place of striking switchmen, engineers, Firemen, etc.1911 March, “From Brittania Lodge, No. 361”, in Railway Carmen's Journal, volume 16, number 3, page 129. From the entry disabled

Meaning of scaly

  1. adjective Covered or abounding with scales.
  2. adjective Composed of scales lying over each other.
  3. adjective Resembling scales, laminae, or layers.

Full definition of scaly

Questions about scaly in a sentence

How do you use scaly in a sentence?
Scaly is used as an adjective and noun. For example: “He suffers from a skin complaint, psoriasis, which has rendered his hands scaly, hard and red.”
What is a short sentence with scaly?
“a scaly bulb”
What does scaly mean?
Scaly means covered or abounding with scales.

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