scrape out

Example Sentences

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Finger marks inside some jars suggest looters tried to scrape out the contents as completely as possible.

From Science Daily • Dec. 18, 2025

Claudine Singer, 72, brings knee pads so she can crouch in the street to scrape out the gutters with a metal claw.

From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 2, 2025

Each has consequences on the longer-term lifespan of whatever intimacies their characters can scrape out for themselves.

From Salon • Apr. 19, 2024

But a technician discovered that if they used a spatula to hold open a flap, they could scrape out much of the grit with tweezers.

From Science Magazine • Dec. 11, 2023

She used her own nail to scrape out the dirt beneath his nails, and smeared it across her palm.

From "Throne of Glass" by Sarah J. Maas