scrape

Example Sentences

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Nygren is a value-stock investor, but that does not mean he scrapes the bottom of the barrel for the cheapest stocks.

From MarketWatch

"I'm scraping," he chuckled dryly, saying his family has cut back on eating out and going on longer drives.

From Barron's

I could hear his legs swinging back and forth, back and forth, scraping against the carpet.

From Literature

Togbe plucked the fish off the grate, smiling, scraped soot off with his cutlass, and put them back, turning them over.

From Literature

These icebergs scraped sediment from the bedrock beneath the ice and released it into the ocean as they drifted north and melted.

From Science Daily