scrabble
Example Sentences
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A group of people scrabble on the ground, sifting through the soil.
From BBC • Jul. 10, 2025
“It was louder and closer; it was no longer a single belligerent hum glinting with accents of brass; it had diversified into a rolling scrabble of anger, holiday high spirits and sports crowd roar.”
From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 8, 2024
Don’t just rely on your phone’s memory; you might not be the one making the phone call and it saves time not to have to scrabble around.
From Seattle Times • Dec. 20, 2023
Like my parents and many others I knew in the South Bronx, they scrabble to hang on and perhaps wonder if anyone sees or hears their distress.
From Salon • Jul. 9, 2023
The scribe panicked and tried to scrabble sideways out of the bed, but Bast took hold of his shoulder and held him fast.
From "The Name of the Wind" by Patrick Rothfuss
