Smooth and nice as a baby's, even with the scuffing.

"I got up on the roof and took a look, but there's no scuffing or anything like that.

Clarke pointed to a corner of the case where the scuffing was worst.

The only sounds were sniffles and the scuffing of small shoes.

A scuffing of something soft against the hard bark of the tree.

All I could hear was the scuffing of our shoes on the gray, flinty soil.

The only damager that seems to occur to the floats is a light scuffing.

There came a scuffing of stones and she stepped out of the shadows.

Unlike scuffing, when a pitcher uses a slippery substance on a ball, he should always put it in the same place.

Mr. Williams: We all have a little scuffing on trade matters.

With a great scuffing and crunching of gravel, she comes to a stop in front of them.

They could not help their little exhalations, nor the scuffing of their bodies.

There was a scuffing of feet on deck and a voice called down, "Hello .

A scuffing followed, with a slight breeze wafting over Kharl.

A door banged and leaves rustled under the scuffing of deliberate footsteps.

It had been made since the tide had gone out, a fresh scuffing of damp sand.

He was tying up his shoelaces when he heard the scuffing of tyres outside in the street.

From under the table came a long, loud, peeling laugh, followed by a burp, then more laughter and the scuffing of feet.

I scuffed at the material which made up the landing surface and my scuffing made no marks.

A few of us were unconvinced by the ending - that a shoe scuffing could trigger such a violent reaction.

The sound that froze him was little more than a faint scuffing, indistinguishable from wind in the grass or a dozen other common noises.

Short pause, the scuffing of paper.

The faint scuffing of Bolan's shoes on the cracked asphalt seemed magnified.

The only sound was the scuffing of this Israeli's boots as he fell backward into the Hamas killer's arms.

A soft scuffing in the hallway brought my attention up as Ivy came in, and I smiled.

He'd made no move to leave, however, and scuffed along behind them.

She scuffed her feet against the stone floor, trying to back away.

He looked at his hand, and it was all scuffed up, apparently from the fall.

I heard him again, his hands scuffing over the steel floor.

He shifted position again, heard his own feet scuff the floor.

I scuffed a hole in the line with my foot.

Only in some places, the leather's scuffed almost down to nothing.

He scuffed at the ground with one foot and peered down.

You don't have to scuff your feet quite so much.

Of course, the effect only lasts a day at a time; I get scuffed off, you know.

He then drove along the road, and scuffed the curb.

His boots at the level of her eyes were scuffed and white with dust.

Because the paper may later scuff, place your design where foot traffic is low.

Shoes scuffed on the wood floor, and a door opened next to me.

I scuffed about for a time in the dust of the alley.

I was not scuffing any ball in the game last night."

The surface was scuffed and it didn't look any too new.

He stood, scuffing one foot in the dust, for his friends to come out again to play.

Boots scuffed against the concrete floor just ahead of him.

He scuffed the floor with the toe of his shoe.

I took a few pictures, but they're scuffed up and weren't much good in the first place.

The boy scuffed a foot on the ground and scowled.

He scuffed his feet on the mat in front of the door and knocked.

He began to pace up and down again, scuffing his feet in the sand.

He located a dry area and scuffed it with one foot.

She can size up a woman by the scuff on her heels.

I heard the scuff of his steps and lifted my head.

Then he heard the scuff of a boot upon stone.

Around him he heard the scuff of boots as men retreated.

Scuffs in the oak showed where more tables had been.

She gives me a key, a robe and a pair of scuffs.

There was a scuff mark of some sort on his left cheekbone.

Hugh could hear the low scuff of boots in the dust.

The scuff of feet on wood drew Garcia's attention back to the door.

There was a click from behind him, and a scuff of shoe against earth.

There were two silhouettes against the sky, and he could hear the scuff of feet again.

There were no scuffs on the sole, like it had never been worn.

"I noticed the scuff marks on the table," said Summer.

He heard the soft scuff of bare feet on rug and looked up.

He pointed to some fresh scuff marks in the hard sand.

Scuffs may be put on a car during a pit stop to improve handling.

He looked from the scuff marks in the snow out to the throne.

He heard the soft scuff of her feet as she came to the bed and crawled in beside him.

This time, the scuff marks were almost dead center.

There was a scuff of ice as the skis touched the surface.

Across the photograph were scuff marks, as though someone had cleaned his shoes on it.

But the scuff marks left by the tires should not be oily.

A few natural scuff marks here and there as always on the waxed wood.

He ceased his knocking and listened for the scuff of feet across the floor within.

Rather, there were scuff marks on the slate, as if a body had been dragged out.