scoop out
Example Sentences
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A piece of Fern’s called out societal expectations that a woman “unobtrusively gather up her thimble and, retiring into some out-of-the-way place, gradually scoop out her coffin with it.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jan. 27, 2026
Denny Webster, who works at the site, helped the search by using an excavator to scoop out waste.
From BBC ● Aug. 25, 2025
During naturalist programs at the beach, ranger-naturalists would often scoop out a glass full of creek water, calling it ‘Ruby Beach’ or ‘cedar tea.’
From Seattle Times ● May 11, 2024
You’d stick your hands in and then scoop out dyes and weigh them like that because they are so carcinogenic.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 13, 2023
Nel began a more strenuous digging and, rising to her knee, was careful to scoop out the dirt as she made her hole deeper.
From "Sula" by Toni Morrison
