scratch
Example Sentences
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But motoring group the AA says a failure to expand parking spaces as vehicles grew over the decades had led to issues such as scratched doors.
From BBC
He added that he is not obsessed by prepping and only spends about an hour a week checking his gear is up to scratch.
From BBC
For a moment pencils scratched, then Henk collected the folded ballots.
From Literature
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The slow pace of the game leaves them free to scratch, spit and wool-gather while they wait for brief flashes of something to do.
From Salon
Milton told The Wall Street Journal that “social media was used and created to show the process of building a company from scratch and the process of failures and overcoming failures to build a company.”
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.