scratch
Example Sentences
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Rosie Matthews, from Chew Valley in Somerset, said she was relieved to have taken out higher-level insurance just weeks before her cat, Scratch, was hit by a car.
From BBC • May 4, 2026
Scratch just beneath the film’s screwball surface and its beating heart as a food movie quickly reveals itself.
From Salon • Dec. 25, 2025
Scratch the surface of American politics or culture, and medievalism seems to always be lurking just beneath.
From Slate • Feb. 21, 2025
The series had also teased the possibility that Teen could be Agatha’s son Nicholas Scratch.
From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 15, 2024
“I wonder. Scratch a Karstark and you’ll find a Stark.”
From "A Dance with Dragons" by George R. R. Martin
Vocabulary lists containing scratch
The SAT: Multiple-Meaning Words, List 1
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"Romeo and Juliet" by William Shakespeare, Act III
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The New SAT: Multiple-Meaning Words
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