scrabble

Example Sentences

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Bruno Fernandes, perhaps the only United player to have done himself justice this season, pulled one back from the penalty spot after Casemiro was kicked during a frantic scrabble.

From BBC • Apr. 17, 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

"If they leave, either the jobs disappear entirely, or factories scrabble to receive orders from footloose buying agents who care only about cheap labour and do not worry about factory conditions," Bowman told Reuters.

From Reuters • Aug. 16, 2023

I scrabble back a little ways, grabbing Manchee by his scruff and taking him with me.

From "The Knife of Never Letting Go" by Patrick Ness