scrabble

Example Sentences

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Some people scrabble together their scant savings to make the payment or get the money from their relatives in the diaspora.

From BBC • Feb. 27, 2024

“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

“Imagine you have scrabble tiles that spell out ‘Powerball.’

From Seattle Times • Jul. 19, 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

I scrabble for something to hold on to as the door swings open, and I tumble out, a mountain of instrument cases cascading all around me.

From "Muffled" by Jennifer Gennari